headroom

or head room

[ hed-room, -room ]

/ ˈhɛdˌrum, -ˌrʊm /

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noun

Nautical. the clear space between two decks.

Also called headway.

clear vertical space, as between the head and sill of a doorway, the ceiling and floor of a room, or the ceiling of a vehicular passageway and a vehicle roof, as to allow passage or comfortable occupancy: over 7.5 feet of headroom in the attic;a covered bridge with limited headroom.
clear vertical space above one’s head, as in a vehicle or room: plenty of headroom for passengers.

Audio. dynamic headroom.

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Origin of headroom

First recorded in 1850–55; head + room

Words nearby headroom

headrest, head restraint, head rhyme, headrig, headright, headroom, heads, headsail, headsaw, headscarf, head sea

How to use headroom in a sentence

The headroom is considerable, with ample space above the couches in which to unbuckle and float during the brief weightless portion of the trip.
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In turn, that would provide the financial headroom to invest even more time and effort into high quality content.
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Also — importantly — if Measure E passes, it would give the Sports Arena redevelopment a lot more headroom.
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Even given the extraordinary growth off the high base it is putting up, Amazon still has plenty of headroom.
Amazon Stock May Be Up, but the Company Still Doesn’t Make Any Money|Daniel Gross|October 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST

So the Treasury Department did some fancy footwork and found some headroom by halting payments into government pension plans.
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In order to get headroom there is 'trunk' 'rise' on the deck, as shown on the cross-section drawing, 18 in.
Yachting Vol. 2|Various.
Plenty of headroom has always been my cry; I believe that where it is attended to there is very rarely an accident.
Riding for Ladies|Mrs. Power O'Donoghue
A light airy greenhouse is their proper place, and they must have ample headroom.
The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots, 16th Edition|Sutton and Sons
It has more headroom, and therefore easier working facilities.
Mushrooms: how to grow them|William Falconer
Moreover, we knew that barges of that size seldom have more headroom.
A Floating Home|Cyril Ionides

British Dictionary definitions for headroom

headroom

headway

/ (ˈhɛdˌrʊm, -ˌruːm) /

noun

the height of a bridge, room, etc; clearance

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headroom

or head room

Origin of headroom

Words nearby headroom

Words related to headroom

How to use headroom in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for headroom

headway