roomful

[ room-fool, room- ]

noun,plural room·fuls.
  1. an amount or number sufficient to fill a room.

Origin of roomful

1
First recorded in 1700–10; room + -ful

usage note For roomful

See -ful.

Words Nearby roomful

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How to use roomful in a sentence

  • A reception—a roomful of people shouting at each other three inches away—is comical enough.

    The Voice of the Machines | Gerald Stanley Lee
  • She was a woman who could have commanded a whole roomful with it, and no one would have wanted a word from her.

    Questionable Shapes | William Dean Howells
  • He forgot his anger, forgot Conal, forgot the roomful of dancers stampeding merrily, forgot Pat Glynn and his music.

    The Pioneers | Katharine Susannah Prichard
  • It is on this plan that Edison has now constructed a phonograph which delivers its reproduction to a roomful of people.

  • Paul swore softly to himself, for he had no wish to share his good fortune with a roomful of people.

    High Noon | Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for roomful

roomful

/ (ˈruːmfʊl, ˈrʊm-) /


nounplural -fuls
  1. a number or quantity sufficient to fill a room: a roomful of furniture

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