Meaning of keeping room | Babel Free

Definitions

The main room of a house.

New-England, UK, US, dated, dialectal

Examples

“The keeping room became less utilitarian as kitchens, storage area, and bedrooms were added onto homes.”

“The keeping room, with its large, open-hearth fireplace, served as her kitchen and main living area.”

“The keeping room, where most of the cooking and living was once done, has five doors: one on either side of the fireplace, opening into each of the front parlors, one to a borning room on the west, one to a weaving room on the east, and one to a summer kitchen in back.”

“Taking to her bed is Baby Suggs's act of surrender; the keeping room becomes her final enclosure—she only leaves it after her death.”

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