MEANING
A room with large or numerous windows designed to receive abundant sunlight.
Use it for
daylit domestic life; garden-facing seating; seasonal comfortGive a household a room organized around daylight rather than a task.
Words that belong together
- bright sunroom
- south-facing sunroom
- sunroom windows
On the page
She moved her reading chair into the sunroom for winter.
By afternoon, the sunroom was the only warm room in the house.
Blinds covered the sunroom windows during the hottest part of the day.
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Word forms
- Base
- sunroom
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Often attached to a house; may overlap with conservatory but need not have a glazed roof or house plants. Count noun: sunrooms; spelling sun room, plural sun rooms.
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