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room⋅ful

[room-fool, room-]
–noun, plural -fuls.
an amount or number sufficient to fill a room.

Origin:
1700–10; room + -ful


See -ful.
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room·ful   (rōōm'fŏŏl', rŏŏm'-)   
n.   pl. room·fuls
    1. The amount that a room can hold: a roomful of furniture.

    2. The number of people that a room can hold: a roomful of guests.

  1. The number of people in a room, considered as a group: The whole roomful gasped when he entered wearing a bizarre costume.

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