roomful

[ room-fool, room- ]

/ ˈrum fʊl, ˈrʊm- /

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noun, plural room·fuls.

an amount or number sufficient to fill a room.

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Origin of roomful

First recorded in 1700–10; room + -ful

usage note for roomful

See -ful.

Words nearby roomful

room clerk, room divider, roomer, roomette, room father, roomful, roomie, rooming house, rooming-in, roommate, room mother

How to use roomful in a sentence

Prosecutors unveiled their line of attack in Holmes’s criminal fraud trial, which began Wednesday in front of a jury and a roomful of reporters, curious members of the public and a handful of her supporters and family members.
Elizabeth Holmes’s defense says mistakes, not malice, led to collapse of Theranos|Rachel Lerman, Gerrit De Vynck|September 8, 2021|Washington Post
Waiting there was a team of scientists with a roomful of lab equipment to measure the precise physiological toll of their exertions.
What It Takes to Run a Mountain-Ultra-Trail Race|Alex Hutchinson|June 27, 2021|Outside Online
He did not want to tell a roomful of hard partisans that their ideology is unworkable.
Romney and FEMA: Read Between the Lines|David Frum|October 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A roomful of women in that room encouraged us to keep going.
Soccket Rockets: The Next Chapter||September 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Getting caught on video doing it in a roomful of rich donors is downright sloppy.
Undecided Voters Are a Menace|Michelle Cottle|September 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A man in a crowded Colorado movie theater randomly executing a roomful of total strangers including women and children?
The Aurora Shooting Made One Prominent Hollywood Producer Too Scared to Go to The Multiplex|Rick Schwartz|August 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Ramin Setoodeh went and found a roomful of adults in Jurassic Park costumes.
Macaulay Culkin’s Life After Fame|Ramin Setoodeh|June 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A reception—a roomful of people shouting at each other three inches away—is comical enough.
The Voice of the Machines|Gerald Stanley Lee
She was a woman who could have commanded a whole roomful with it, and no one would have wanted a word from her.
Questionable Shapes|William Dean Howells
He forgot his anger, forgot Conal, forgot the roomful of dancers stampeding merrily, forgot Pat Glynn and his music.
The Pioneers|Katharine Susannah Prichard
It is on this plan that Edison has now constructed a phonograph which delivers its reproduction to a roomful of people.
Heroes of the Telegraph|J. Munro
Paul swore softly to himself, for he had no wish to share his good fortune with a roomful of people.
High Noon|Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for roomful

roomful

/ (ˈruːmfʊl, ˈrʊm-) /

noun plural -fuls

a number or quantity sufficient to fill a rooma roomful of furniture

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