headroom

noun

head·​room ˈhed-ˌrüm How to pronounce headroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
: vertical space in which to stand, sit, or move

Examples of headroom in a Sentence

He's looking for a car with a lot of headroom.
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If he had been sold for between £10m and £20m, that alone would have generated significantly more PSR headroom. Beren Cross, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025 Dynamic headroom helps protect resilience without permanently inflating spend. Ben Ofiri, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Thanks to the single level layout, both have ample headroom to stand upright. New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2025 This allows grid operators to take advantage of the unused headroom by maximizing the current in that line. IEEE Spectrum, 13 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for headroom

Word History

First Known Use

1762, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of headroom was in 1762

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“Headroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headroom. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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