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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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This has ample headroom to stand upright thanks to its ground-floor position and contains a double bed and lots of storage. New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025 Experts who want to fine-tune color and exposure to taste can switch to C-Log3, a flat profile with reduced contrast and color saturation, which provides more headroom for color correction. PC Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025 To preserve rear headroom despite the falling roof, Polestar dispensed with the rear window. Mark Phelan, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025 Its electric bimini, meanwhile, has been positioned higher up to free up headroom. Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for headroom

Word History

First Known Use

1762, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 7 Dec. 2025.

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