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room

  [room, room]
Use room in a Sentence
–noun
1. a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts: a dining room.
2. rooms, lodgings or quarters, as in a house or building.
3. the persons present in a room: The whole room laughed.
4. space or extent of space occupied by or available for something: The desk takes up too much room.
5. opportunity or scope for something: room for improvement; room for doubt.
6. status or a station in life considered as a place: He fought for room at the top.
7. capacity: Her brain had no room for trivia.
8. Mining. a working area cut between pillars.
–verb (used without object)
9. to occupy a room or rooms; lodge.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME roum(e), OE rūm; c. D ruim, G Raum

Synonyms:
5. provision, margin, allowance.
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room   (rōōm, rŏŏm)   
n.  

  1. A space that is or may be occupied: That easy chair takes up too much room.

    1. An area separated by walls or partitions from other similar parts of the structure or building in which it is located: the first room on the left; an unpainted room.

    2. The people present in such an area: The whole room laughed.

  3. rooms Living quarters; lodgings.

  4. Suitable opportunity; occasion.

intr.v.   roomed, room·ing, rooms
To occupy a room; lodge.

[Middle English roum, from Old English rūm; see reuə- in Indo-European roots.]
Synonyms: These nouns denote adequate space or opportunity for freedom of movement or action: room for improvement; needed elbowroom to negotiate effectively; no latitude allowed in conduct; allowed the chef leeway in choosing the menu; no margin for error; imagination given full play; permitting their talents free scope.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

room 
O.E. rum "space," from P.Gmc. *ruman (cf. O.N., O.S., O.H.G., Goth. rum, Ger. Raum "space," Du. ruim "hold of a ship, nave"), nouns formed from Gmc. adj. *ruma- "roomy, spacious," perhaps from a PIE base *rew- "wide, open" (cf. Avestan ravah- "space," L. rus "open country," O.Ir. roi, roe "plain field"). Original sense preserved in make room "clear space for oneself" (1375); meaning "chamber, cabin" first recorded 1312 as a nautical term, and first applied 1457 to chambers within houses. The O.E. word for this was cofa, ancestor of cove. The verb meaning "to occupy rooms" (especially with another) as a lodger" is first recorded 1828. Room-service is attested from 1930; room-temperature from 1924. Adj. roomy is attested from 1627. Roommate is first attested 1789, Amer.Eng. (short form roomie is from 1918). Roomth "sufficient space" (1540) now is obsolete.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: room
Pronunciation: 'rüm, 'rum
Function: noun
: a partitioned part of the inside of a hospital; especially : a space forlodging patients
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Computing Dictionary

room
channel

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Idioms & Phrases

room

In addition to the idiom beginning with room, also see not enough room to swing a cat; take up space (room).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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