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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Liverpool are expected to have plenty of headroom with the Premier League profit and sustainability rules (PSR) for 2025-26 with The Athletic estimating a comfortably profitable 2024-25 season. David Ornstein, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2025 My tall, lanky stature fit in both quite comfortably with lots of headroom, though the Porsche was just a bit more spacious and airy, and its seat felt tailor-made for me, too. Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025 There's also ample headroom to stand upright unlike a standard tiny house. Adam Williams july 02, New Atlas, 2 July 2025 There’s a lot of headroom that allows large cats to move around comfortably, and five pairs of infrared sensors and four weight sensors to detect cats for safety. Molly Higgins, Wired News, 11 July 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 20 Aug. 2025.

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