room

¹room

noun \ˈrüm, ˈru̇m\

Definition of ROOM

1

: an extent of space occupied by or sufficient or available for something <room to run and play>

2

a obsolete : an appropriate or designated position, post, or station b : place, stead <in whose room I am now assuming the pen — Sir Walter Scott>

3

a : a partitioned part of the inside of a building; especially : such a part used as a lodging b : the people in a room

4

: a suitable or fit occasion or opportunity : chance <no room for doubt>

— roomed \ˈrümd, ˈru̇md\ adjective

Examples of ROOM

1. Cigarette smoke filled the room.
2. I could hear the TV from the next room.
3. He rents rooms to college students.
4. We're running out of room in the office.
5. The sofa takes up too much room.
6. In the backyard there is enough room to run and play.
7. Is there enough room to turn the car around?
8. There's only room for five people in the car.
9. Don't eat too much. You should leave some room for dessert.
10. There's no more room on the computer disk to save the file.

Origin of ROOM

Middle English, from Old English rūm; akin to Old High German rūm room, Latin rur-, rus open land

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to ROOM

Synonyms: elbow room, place, space, way

Related Words: capacity, compass, range, scope; berth, clearance, freedom, latitude, leeway, play

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Other Architecture Terms

buttress, casita, cornice, fanlight, garret, lintel, parapet, pilaster, plinth

Rhymes with ROOM

bloom, boom, broom, brume, combe, cwm, doom, flume, fume, gloom, glume, groom, khoum, loom, neume, plume, rheum, spume, tomb, toom, vroom, whom, womb, zoom