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keeping rooms

keeping rooms is the plural of keeping room.

Meaning of keeping room

Noun

keeping room (plural keeping rooms)

  1. (New-England, UK, US, dated, dialectal) The main room of a house.
    • The keeping room became less utilitarian as kitchens, storage area, and bedrooms were added onto homes.1998, Lisa Skolnik, ADL: American Country, page 31

Questions about keeping rooms

What is keeping rooms the plural of?
Keeping rooms is the plural of keeping room.

Words near keeping rooms in the dictionary

  1. keeping out of
  2. keeping pace
  3. keeping quiet
  4. keeping rank
  5. keeping room
  6. keeping rooms
  7. keeping schtum
  8. keeping score
  9. keeping shtum
  10. keeping sight of
  11. keeping someone company

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