roomful

American  

[room-fool, room-] / ˈrum fʊl, ˈrʊm- /

noun

roomfuls plural

1. an amount or number sufficient to fill a room.

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roomful British  

/ ˈrʊm-, ˈruːmfʊl /

noun

1. a number or quantity sufficient to fill a room

   a roomful of furniture

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Spelling

See -ful.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• roomfuls
  plural

Etymology

Origin of roomful

First recorded in 1700–10; room + -ful

Example Sentences

“I remember a roomful of actors muttering ‘Jesus Christ’ each time they realized they had to sit through another cartoon,” Ms. Minnelli writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

In some ways, it was just another campaign coffee: Los Angeles mayoral candidate Austin Beutner in a roomful of voters talking about his career and life accomplishments.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

A roomful of fans now have a story to tell about the night.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2025

"It's not our night," Australia's opposition leader Peter Dutton told a roomful of supporters in Brisbane after his rival, Anthony Albanese, was re-elected as prime minister.

From BBC • May 3, 2025

I wanted to tell her that baking a whole roomful of brownies wouldn’t make up for what they’d done.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy