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room
[ room, room ]
/ rum, rÊm /
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noun
verb (used without object)
to occupy a room or rooms; lodge.
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Origin of room
before 900; Middle English roum(e), Old English rƫm; cognate with Dutch ruim,German Raum
OTHER WORDS FROM room
un·der·room, nounWords nearby room
rooinek, rook, rookery, rookie, rooky, room, room and board, room-and-pillar, room clerk, room divider, roomer
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British Dictionary definitions for room
room
/ (ruËm, rÊm) /
noun
verb
(intr) mainly US to occupy or share a room or lodgingwhere does he room?
Derived forms of room
roomer, nounWord Origin for room
Old English rƫm; related to Gothic, Old High German rƫm
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