"room" Definition

Definitions for the word "room" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A particular portion of space appropriated for occupancy; a place to sit, stand, or lie; a seat.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Especially, space in a building or ship inclosed or set apart by a partition; an apartment or chamber.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
Place or position in society; office; rank; post; station; also, a place or station once belonging to, or occupied by, another, and vacated.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
Possibility of admission; ability to admit; opportunity to act; fit occasion; as, to leave room for hope.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. i.
To occupy a room or rooms; to lodge; as, they arranged to room together.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. a.
Spacious; roomy.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
1 space for, or occupied by, something; capacity (takes up too much room; room for improvement). 2 a part of a building enclosed by walls, floor, and ceiling. B (in pl.) Apartments or lodgings. C people in a room (room fell silent). v. Us have room(s); lodge, board. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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