Meaning

• The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room

• The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the residents are permitted to meet and converse with each other or with visitors from the outside.

• A comfortable room in a public house.

• A covered open-air patio.

• A shop or other business selling goods specified by context.

• A shed used for milking cattle.