room
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts: a dining room.
rooms, lodgings or quarters, as in a house or building.
the persons present in a room: The whole room laughed.
space or extent of space occupied by or available for something: The desk takes up too much room.
opportunity or scope for something: room for improvement; room for doubt.
status or a station in life considered as a place: He fought for room at the top.
capacity: Her brain had no room for trivia.
Mining. a working area cut between pillars.
to occupy a room or rooms; lodge.
Origin of room
1Other words for room
Other words from room
- un·der·room, noun
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How to use room in a sentence
The best way to clean veggies and fruit is to hold them under room-temperature running water.
Frau G—— can stay here under room-arrest, with her little boy.
Trapped in 'Black Russia' | Ruth PierceThis under room had no entrance from the outside, but was accessible only through a trap-door from the room directly overhead.
Daring and Suffering: | William Pittenger
British Dictionary definitions for room
/ (ruːm, rʊm) /
space or extent, esp unoccupied or unobstructed space for a particular purpose: is there room to pass?
an area within a building enclosed by a floor, a ceiling, and walls or partitions: sitting room; dining room
(functioning as singular or plural) the people present in a room: the whole room was laughing
(foll by for) opportunity or scope: room for manoeuvre
(plural) a part of a house, hotel, etc, that is rented out as separate accommodation; lodgings: she got rooms in town
a euphemistic word for lavatory (def. 1)
(intr) mainly US to occupy or share a room or lodging: where does he room?
Origin of room
1Derived forms of room
- roomer, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with room
In addition to the idiom beginning with room
- room and board
also see:
- not enough room to swing a cat
- take up space (room)
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