room

[ room, room ]

/ rum, rʊm /

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noun

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.

verb (used without object)

to occupy a room or rooms; lodge.

OTHER WORDS FOR room

5 provision, margin, allowance.

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Origin of room

before 900; Middle English roum(e), Old English rūm; cognate with Dutch ruim,German Raum

OTHER WORDS FROM room

un·der·room, noun

Words nearby room

rooinek, rook, rookery, rookie, rooky, room, room and board, room-and-pillar, room clerk, room divider, roomer

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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 Post
Players 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 Post
You can join speaking events or you can make your own room to chat.
You’ve been invited to Clubhouse. Your privacy hasn’t.|Sara Morrison|February 12, 2021|Vox
Before the pandemic, Teen Line's volunteers would gather in a room at Cedars-Sinai Hospital for each shift.
The loneliness of an interrupted adolescence|Ellen McCarthy|February 11, 2021|Washington Post

“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|DAILY BEAST
One 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|DAILY BEAST
Marvin 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|DAILY BEAST
The 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|DAILY BEAST
Barry 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|DAILY BEAST
The big room at King's Warren Parsonage was already fairly well filled.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
In 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 Wills
Kind of a reception-room in there—guess I know a reception-room from a hole in the wall.
Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17)|Various
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 Wills
When 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

room

/ (ruːm, rʊm) /

noun

space or extent, esp unoccupied or unobstructed space for a particular purposeis there room to pass?

an area within a building enclosed by a floor, a ceiling, and walls or partitionssitting room; dining room

(functioning as singular or plural) the people present in a roomthe whole room was laughing

(foll by for) opportunity or scoperoom for manoeuvre

(plural) a part of a house, hotel, etc, that is rented out as separate accommodation; lodgingsshe got rooms in town

a euphemistic word for lavatory (def. 1)

verb

(intr) mainly US to occupy or share a room or lodgingwhere does he room?

Derived forms of room

roomer, noun

Word Origin for room

Old English rūm; related to Gothic, Old High German rūm

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room

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room and board

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not enough room to swing a cat
take up space (room)

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