Room
[ruːm;rʊm] or [rum]
Definition
(noun.) an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; 'the rooms were very small but they had a nice view'.
(noun.) the people who are present in a room; 'the whole room was cheering'.
(noun.) space for movement; 'room to pass'; 'make way for'; 'hardly enough elbow room to turn around'.
(noun.) opportunity for; 'room for improvement'.
Typed by Barnaby--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) A particular portion of space appropriated for occupancy; a place to sit, stand, or lie; a seat.
(n.) Especially, space in a building or ship inclosed or set apart by a partition; an apartment or chamber.
(n.) Place or position in society; office; rank; post; station; also, a place or station once belonging to, or occupied by, another, and vacated.
(n.) Possibility of admission; ability to admit; opportunity to act; fit occasion; as, to leave room for hope.
(v. i.) To occupy a room or rooms; to lodge; as, they arranged to room together.
(a.) Spacious; roomy.
Inputed by Angela
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Space, extent, expanse, capacity, scope, compass, field, range, sweep, swing, play.[2]. Place, stead.[3]. Apartment, chamber, SALOON, HALL.[4]. Chance, opportunity, occasion.
Inputed by Anna
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Space, ground, compass, extent, locality, opportunity, capability,{[(xicasion]?}, margin, capacity, admission
ANT:Restriction, limitation, confinement, incapability, exclusion, neutralization
Editor: Simon
Definition
n. space: a chamber: extent of place: space unoccupied: freedom to act: fit occasion: place of another: stead: (B.) a seat: a particular place: a box in a theatre: office: the inner room of a cottage: a garret.—v.i. to occupy a room to lodge.—adv. (naut.) off from the wind.—n. Room′age capacity.—adj. Roomed containing rooms.—ns. Room′er a lodger; Room′ful as much or as many as a room will hold.—adv. Room′ily.—n. Room′iness.—adsj. Room′-rid′den confined to one's room; Room′some roomy.—adv. Room′y having ample room: wide: spacious.—Give room to withdraw so as to leave space for others; Make room to open a way.
n. a deep-blue dye.—Also Roum.
Typist: Nicholas
Examples
- No bad news, Colonel, I hope; said Mrs. Jennings, as soon as he entered the room. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- And is Thomasin in the room? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- We were then led up to the door, where we were directed to get down on our hands and knees with our backs toward the room we were to enter. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He entered the front room not without blushing; for he, like many, had felt the power of this girl's face and form. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- If you would engage a front room and purchase the necessaries for the night, I may have time to make a few inquiries. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- A breakfast-room adjoined the drawing-room, I slipped in there. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- His mother left the room; then, moved by insupportable regret, I just murmured the words Dr. Bretton. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- This thrown open, admitted him to his own private apartment of three rooms: his bed-chamber and two others. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- But she took such a long walk up and down our rooms that night, while I was writing to Agnes, that I began to think she meant to walk till morning. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He sat down beside her and waited; but suddenly he heard a step echoing far off down the empty rooms, and felt the pressure of the minutes. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I did not parade with either party, but occasionally met with the wide awakes --Republicans--in their rooms, and superintended their drill. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- If a gas jet is turned on and not lighted, an odor of gas soon becomes perceptible, not only throughout the room, but in adjacent halls and even in distant rooms. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- If we were to come to Stoke Moran to-day, would it be possible for us to see over these rooms without the knowledge of your stepfather? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was almost dark before we found ourselves in Pall Mall, at the rooms of Mr. Melas. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He does not live in the house, but in a three-roomed cottage at the other end of the garden. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was a little, single-roomed hut, sixteen feet by ten. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Checker: Muriel