keeping room
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.73 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."