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
Words Nearby room
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How to use room in a sentence
Riggs plans to offer guest room dining “as long as demand is there,” says Richmond.
Now that’s room service: What it’s like to check into a hotel just for dinner | Tom Sietsema | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostPlayers and traveling staffers were instructed to avoid public settings other than games and practices, and they were barred from hosting personal guests in their hotel rooms.
The NBA’s week of controversies show how hard life is outside of the bubble | Ben Golliver | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostYou can join speaking events or you can make your own room to chat.
Before the pandemic, Teen Line's volunteers would gather in a room at Cedars-Sinai Hospital for each shift.
“Seeing any empty room of vaccinators is really tough,” said Michelle Vassallo, an Inova vice president who is helping lead the hospital system’s vaccination efforts.
Confusion and chaos: Inside the vaccine rollout in D.C., Maryland and Virginia | Julie Zauzmer, Gregory S. Schneider, Erin Cox | February 9, 2021 | Washington Post
Toomey glides around the room like a Brazilian capoeira dancer.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze | Lizzie Crocker | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTOne day he and some of his roommates were cleaning their room and one of the guys threw the dustpan out into the hall.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile | Robert Ward | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTMarvin and I leave the poolside and go into his dining room.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile | Robert Ward | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe resources were what you might expect: Dining room, a media center, a library, a TV room, a meeting room, a computer room.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside | Justin Rohrlich | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBarry showed me his room—a one bedroom with a killer view of Riverbank State Park and the Hudson.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside | Justin Rohrlich | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe big room at King's Warren Parsonage was already fairly well filled.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsIn the drawing-room things went on much as they always do in country drawing-rooms in the hot weather.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsKind of a reception-room in there—guess I know a reception-room from a hole in the wall.
His lordship retired shortly to his study, Hetton and Mr. Haggard betook themselves to the billiard-room.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsWhen his lordship retired early, as was his custom, the other men adjourned once more to the billiard-room.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James Wills
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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