roomful

[ room-foo l, roo m- ]

/ ˈrum fʊl, ˈrʊm- /

noun, plural room·fuls.

an amount or number sufficient to fill a room.

Nearby words

room service, room temperature, room-and-pillar, roomer, roomette, roomful, roomie, rooming house, rooming-in, roommate, roomy

Origin of roomful

First recorded in 1700–10; room + -ful

Usage note

See -ful.

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Examples from the Web for roomful

He did not want to tell a roomful of hard partisans that their ideology is unworkable.
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A roomful of women in that room encouraged us to keep going.
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Getting caught on video doing it in a roomful of rich donors is downright sloppy.
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A man in a crowded Colorado movie theater randomly executing a roomful of total strangers including women and children?
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Ramin Setoodeh went and found a roomful of adults in Jurassic Park costumes.
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"Oh, I don't mean these boys," said Elvira, waving her thin arms scornfully around the roomful.
Ben Pepper|Margaret Sidney
Whoso had met and managed a roomful of merciless children can easily face a woman's club.
What Diantha Did|Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Then he shut up his pencil, and leaning back in his chair once more glanced round at the roomful of people.
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How much longer do you reckon that roomful of old women will gabble in Richmond?
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He ran his fingers through his hair, which was short, and his eyes wandered wildly round the roomful of cats.
The Strand Magazine|Various

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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