Room

Noun

 * 1)  Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
 * 2) * 2010, Jonathan Franklin, The Guardian, 27 Aug 2010:
 * He explains they have enough room to stand and lie down, points out the "little cup to brush our teeth", and the place where they pray.
 * 1)  Opportunity or possibility to do something.
 * 2) * 2010, Roger Bootle, The Telegraph, 12 Sep 2010:
 * There are major disagreements within the Coalition and politicians always want to retain room for manoeuvre.
 * 1)  Reason, cause or opportunity (to do something).
 * 2) * 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa:
 * Nor shalt thou give me room to doubt whether it be necessity or love, that inspires this condescending impulse.
 * 1)  A specific area of space.
 * 2)  A space between the timbers of a ship's frame.
 * 3)  A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling.
 * 4) * 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice:
 * Miss Bingley made no answer, and soon afterwards she got up and walked about the room.
 * 1)  With possessive pronoun: one's bedroom.
 * Go to your room!
 * 1)  A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings.
 * 2)  The people in a room.
 * The room was on its feet.
 * 1)  An area for working in a coal mine; also, in spelunking, a portion of a cave that is wider than a passage.
 * 2)  A forum or chat room.
 * Some users may not be able to access the AOL room.

Synonyms

 * elbow room, legroom, space
 * chamber, quarters
 * chamber
 * See also Thesaurus:room

Derived terms

 * art room
 * AV room
 * backroom
 * ballroom
 * bathroom
 * bedroom
 * billiards room
 * blue room
 * boardroom
 * boiler room
 * box-room
 * break room
 * changing room
 * chat room
 * classroom
 * clean my room
 * cold room
 * common room
 * computer room
 * control room
 * copy room
 * cutting room
 * darkroom
 * dining room
 * discussion room
 * display room
 * dormroom
 * dressing room
 * elbow room
 * elephant in the room
 * embalming room
 * emergency room
 * engine room
 * examination room
 * fitting room
 * Florida room
 * front room
 * game room
 * get a room


 * giftwrapping room
 * green room
 * guest room
 * headroom
 * inner room
 * in the room
 * lamp room
 * laundry room
 * legroom
 * living room
 * locker room
 * lunchroom
 * map room
 * meditation room
 * meeting room
 * mud room
 * music room
 * need a room
 * newsroom
 * no room at the inn
 * operating room
 * padded room
 * panic room
 * plant room
 * play room
 * pool room
 * powder room
 * prep room
 * press room
 * private room
 * reading room
 * ready room
 * recording room
 * reptile room
 * romper room
 * room and board
 * room at the top
 * room for abuse
 * room for apology


 * room for dessert
 * room for error
 * room for improvement
 * room service
 * room to breathe
 * room to grow
 * room to roam
 * room with a view
 * roommate
 * roomie
 * roomy
 * rumpus room
 * save room
 * school room
 * science room
 * screening room
 * sewing room
 * showroom
 * sitting room
 * sound room
 * spare room
 * standing room only
 * steam room
 * storeroom
 * strong room
 * study room
 * sunroom
 * the other room
 * the upper room
 * upstairs room
 * viewing room
 * waiting room
 * war room
 * washroom
 * weightroom
 * wiggle room
 * work the room
 * workroom

Verb

 * 1) To reside, especially as a boarder or tenant.
 * Doctor Watson roomed with Sherlock Holmes at Baker Street.

Derived terms

 * roomer


 * room together

Adjectives for Room
vaulted; modest; furnished; peaceful; shadowy; secluded; bleak; spacious; well-swept; neighboring; immaculate; reading; sunny; abutting; luxurious; desolate; well-proportioned; charming; livable; warmed; fireproof; light; slashing; ink-smelling; paper-littered; commodious; crowded; midnight; frescoed; tobacco-scented; emergency; colorless; haunted; utmost; wide; spiritual; dismal; disordered; habitable; cheerless; sunlit; saddening; sundry (pi) ; comfortable; wretched; gracious; octagonal; beam-roofed; rectangular; barny; squalid; scanty; generous; pleasant; drafty; poverty-stricken; plaster-dropping; adjoining; shabby; large; clean; dim; sick; dingy; dreary; dimly-lit; fencing; tranquil; guest; tolerable; stiff; moon-lit; immense; solitary; low-ceilinged; dark; uncarpeted; low; smoke-filled; banqueting; unattractive; remote; awesome; foul; polluted; elegant; slant-roofed; earthly; dull; musty; handsome; sunny; raftered; airy; upper; quaint; mirror; projection; squalid; air-conditioned; uncomfortable; sordid; stuffy; charming; dormer-windowed;  gloomy;   darkening; lonely; eerie; cozy; smart; impressive; intimate; restful; remarkable; delightful; ultramodern; homelike; perfect; unusual; beautiful; exquisite; appointed; outside; tasteful; attractive; livable; modern; sleeping; well-planned; inexpensive; appealing; excellent; faultless; amazing; fine; great; decorated; becoming; sound-proof; bright; oversize.

Verbs for Room
air—; bar—; barge into (colloq.)—; bundle out of—; bunk in—; burst into—; bustle out of—; confine to—; clutter—; darken—; direct to—; flank—; fresco—; furnish—; jam —; mass in—; pace—; pop into—; repair to—; saunter into—; scuttle from—; seclude in—; slip from—; stalk out of—; stump out of—; sweep from—; ventilate—; —buzzes; —invites.

Thesaurus
a leg up, abide, accommodation, accommodations, air space, allowance, ample scope, apartment, area, bed, berth, billet, blank check, board, bunk, burden, caesura, capacity, carte blanche, cell, chamber, chambers, chance, clear stage, clearance, cohabit, compartment, content, cordage, cubicle, diggings, digs, discontinuity, distance between, domicile, domiciliate, doss down, double space, dwell, dwelling, elbowroom, em space, en space, extent, fair field, fair game, field, flat, free course, free hand, free play, free scope, freeboard, full scope, full swing, hair space, half space, hang out, harbor, headroom, hiatus, house, housing, hut, inhabit, interim, intermediate space, interruption, interspace, interstice, interval, jump, lacuna, latitude, leap, leeway, liberty, license, limit, live, living quarters, lodge, lodging, lodgings, lodgment, long rope, maneuvering space, margin, measure, nest, no holds barred, occasion, occupy, office, open space, opening, opportunism, opportunity, perch, place, play, poundage, put up, quantity, quarter, quarters, range, rein, remain, rental, reside, room to spare, rooms, roost, rope, scope, sea room, shelter, single space, sleeping place, space, space between, spare room, squat, stable, stay, stepping-stone, stowage, suite, sway, swing, tenant, tenement, time, time interval, tolerance, tonnage, volume, way, wide berth

Etymology
From roum:, from  rum:, from, from. Cognate with Dutch ruim:, German Raum:, Danish rum:, Norwegian rom:, Swedish rum:, rus:. More at.

Apparently an exception to the Great Vowel Shift, which otherwise would have produced the pronunciation.

Pronunciation

 * or
 * or
 * or
 * or

Noun

 * Afrikaans:
 * Armenian: տարածություն (taraçut'yun)
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: ადგილი
 * German: Raum Platz
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: spatio
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:


 * Korean: 자리 (jari), 겨를 (gyeoreul), 틈 (teum), 짬 (jjam), 여유 (餘裕, yeoyu)
 * Kurdish: ژوور
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Old English:
 * Pashto:
 * Persian: (ja)
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, loc
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Telugu: చోటు
 * Turkish: ,
 * Vietnamese: không gian, chỗ


 * Afrikaans: ,
 * Ainu: ツ゜ンプ (tunpu)
 * American Sign Language: ,
 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Azeri:
 * Belarusian: пакой
 * Catalan: cambra, sala, habitació, peça
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,   (a bedroom)
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Greenlandic:
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido: chambro
 * Indonesian: ,


 * Interlingua: camera
 * Irish:
 * Italian: stanza, camera (a bedroom), sala
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Lao:
 * Latgalian:
 * Latvian: istaba
 * Lithuanian:
 * Luhya:
 * Macedonian:
 * North Frisian:
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Old English:
 * Pashto: ,
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: sala, aposento , quarto (especially a bedroom), câmara
 * Romanian:, , încăpere
 * Russian:, ,  помещение
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:, ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: గది
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, покій,   хата
 * Urdu:
 * Vietnamese: buồng, phòng
 * Volapük: cem

Anagrams

 * moor, Moor
 * Moro

Noun

 * 1) cream (of milk)

Derived terms

 * roomijs
 * slagroom

Anagrams

 * moor