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Room Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Room?
[n]
[n] the people who are present in a room; "the whole room was cheering" [n] space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around" [n] opportunity for; "room for improvement" [v] live and take one's meals (in a certain place) Synonyms | Synonyms for Room: board | elbow room | way Related Terms | Find terms related to Room: See Also | anechoic chamber | antechamber | anteroom | area | art gallery | assemblage | back room | ballroom | bar | barroom | bath | bathroom | bedchamber | bedroom | belfry | billiard hall | billiard parlor | billiard parlour | billiard room | billiard saloon | boardroom | breathing room | breathing space | building | cardroom | ceiling | cell | chamber | chance | checkroom | classroom | clean room | clearance | cloakroom | closet | clubroom | coatroom | compartment | conference room | control room | council chamber | court | courtroom | cubby | cubbyhole | cubicle | cutting room | dance hall | dance palace | darkroom | den | dining room | diningroom | domicile | domiciliate | door | dressing room | durbar | dwell | edifice | engine room | engineering | entrance hall | floor | flooring | foyer | front room | furnace room | gallery | gathering | ginmill | greenroom | guardroom | hall | headroom | headway | hospital room | houseroom | inhabit | jail cell | kitchen | lawcourt | lebensraum | left-luggage office | library | live | living room | living space | livingroom | lobby | locker room | lounge | manor hall | opportunity | parking | parlor | parlour | people | picture gallery | poolroom | populate | position | presence chamber | prison cell | rathole | reside | saloon | schoolroom | sea room | seating | seating area | seating room | seats | shack | sitting room | sleeping room | snug | snuggery | spatial relation | standing room | taproom | trading floor | vestibule | waiting area | waiting room | white room Room In Webster's Dictionary \Room\ (r[=oo]m), n. [OE. roum, rum, space, AS. r[=u]m;
akin to OS., OFries. & Icel. r[=u]m, D. ruim, G. raum, OHG.
r[=u]m, Sw. & Dan. rum, Goth. r[=u]ms, and to AS. r[=u]m,
adj., spacious, D. ruim, Icel. r[=u]mr, Goth. r[=u]ms; and
prob. to L. rus country (cf. {Rural}), Zend rava[.n]h wide,
free, open, ravan a plain.]
1. Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or
devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or
small; as, there is not room for a house; the table takes
up too much room.
Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet
there is room. --Luke xiv.
22.
There was no room for them in the inn. --Luke ii. 7.
2. A particular portion of space appropriated for occupancy;
a place to sit, stand, or lie; a seat.
If he have but twelve pence in his purse, he will
give it for the best room in a playhouse.
--Overbury.
When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit
not down in the highest room. --Luke xiv. 8.
3. Especially, space in a building or ship inclosed or set
apart by a partition; an apartment or chamber.
I found the prince in the next room. --Shak.
4. Place or position in society; office; rank; post; station;
also, a place or station once belonging to, or occupied
by, another, and vacated. [Obs.]
When he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in
the room of his father Herod. --Matt. ii.
22.
Neither that I look for a higher room in heaven.
--Tyndale.
Let Bianca take her sister's room. --Shak.
5. Possibility of admission; ability to admit; opportunity to
act; fit occasion; as, to leave room for hope.
There was no prince in the empire who had room for
such an alliance. --Addison.
{Room and space} (Shipbuilding), the distance from one side
of a rib to the corresponding side of the next rib; space
being the distance between two ribs, in the clear, and
room the width of a rib.
{To give room}, to withdraw; to leave or provide space
unoccupied for others to pass or to be seated.
{To make room}, to open a space, way, or passage; to remove
obstructions; to give room.
Make room, and let him stand before our face.
--Shak.
Syn: Space; compass; scope; latitude.
\Room\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Roomed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rooming}.] To occupy a room or rooms; to lodge; as, they arranged to room together. \Room\, a. [AS. r[=u]m.] Spacious; roomy. [Obs.] No roomer harbour in the place. --Chaucer. |
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