room Definition

room
noun

1a. An area within a building enclosed by a ceiling, floor and walls;

Thesaurus: chamber, compartment, enclosure, cubicle, office, salon, vault, cell, niche.


Example: dining-room
Example: bedroom
2a. Sufficient or necessary space, especially free or unoccupied space, that is available to someone or for a particular purpose;

Example: no room for all her books.
Example: Have you room to get past?
Thesaurus: space, accommodation, capacity, area, volume, extent, allowance.


Example: shelf room
3. All the people present in a room.

Example: The room suddenly became silent
4. Opportunity, scope or possibility.

Example: room for improvement
Thesaurus: measure, space, extent, allowance, scope, margin, play, latitude.
5. Rented lodgings, especially a set of rooms within a house, etc, that are rented out as an individual unit.

Example: returned to his rooms at Oxford
Form: rooms

verb

(chiefly N Amer)
tr & intr
roomed, rooming
1. To lodge; to occupy a room or rooms as a lodger.

Derivative: roomed
adj

Note: in compounds
Having rooms of a specified kind or number.

Derivative: roomer
noun

( Amer)
A lodger, usually one who takes their meals elsewhere.

Idiom: leave the room

euphemistic, old use
Said especially by or about children in school: to go to the lavatory.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon rum.

Phrasal Verb: room with someone

To share a room or rooms with them.