room meaning
EN[ɹuːm] [ɹʊm] [-uːm] [-ʊm]US with /u/ UK with /ʊ/
WRoom
- A room is any distinguishable space within a structure. Usually, a room is separated from other spaces or passageways by interior walls; moreover, it is separated from outdoor areas by an exterior wall, sometimes with a door.
- NounPLrooms
- (now rare) Opportunity or scope (to do something).
- (uncountable) Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
- (archaic) A particular portion of space.
- (uncountable, figuratively) Sufficient space for or to do something.
- (nautical) A space between the timbers of a ship's frame.
- (countable) A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling.
- (countable) With possessive pronoun: one's bedroom.
- Go to your room!
- (in the plural) A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings.
- (always in the singular) The people in a room.
- The room was on its feet.
- (mining) An area for working in a coal mine.
- (caving) A portion of a cave that is wider than a passage.
- (Internet, countable) A forum or chat room.
- Some users may not be able to access the AOL room.
- Place or position in society; office; rank; post, sometimes when vacated by its former occupant.
- (now rare) Opportunity or scope (to do something).
- VerbSGroomsPRroomingPT, PProomed
- (intransitive) To reside, especially as a boarder or tenant.
- Doctor Watson roomed with Sherlock Holmes at Baker Street.
- (transitive) To assign to a room; to allocate a room to.
- (intransitive) To reside, especially as a boarder or tenant.
- AdjectiveCOMmore roomSUPmost room
- AdverbCOMmore roomSUPmost room
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- My housemate was very annoyed to find my friends padded out on the lounge room floor this morning.
- His rooms were as levitant with her as they were with air.
- When the stems fall off, unpot the tubers and let them sit in the open air for a few days, then wrap them individually in newspaper and store them in a room that stays between 40 to 50 degrees.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- As a campaigning politician, he really knew how to shake hands, kiss babies, and work the room.
- As I pushed down the plunger on my waterfilled spare syringe, stuck in the fruit, a jet of liquid hissed out the other side and shot across the room.
- After our hacking attempts failed, we tried social engineering, walking into the building and claiming we had to do some urgent work in the server room.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of room in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary