elbowroom

[ el-boh-room, -roo m ]

/ ˈɛl boʊˌrum, -ˌrʊm /

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noun

ample room; space in which to move freely.

scope; opportunity: a job with elbowroom.

Nearby words

elbow grease, elbow joint, elbow room, elbow-bender, elbowed bougie, elbowroom, elbrus, elburz mountains, elche, eld, elder

Origin of elbowroom

First recorded in 1530–40; elbow + room

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Examples from the Web for elbowroom

Tellsons wanted not elbowroom, Tellsons wanted no light, Tellsons wanted no embellishment.
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British Dictionary definitions for elbowroom

elbowroom

/ (ˈɛlbəʊˌruːm, -ˌrʊm) /

noun

sufficient scope to move or function

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