room

  • 11Room — Room, a. [AS. r[=u]m.] Spacious; roomy. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] No roomer harbour in the place. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 12room — [n1] space, range allowance, area, capacity, chance, clearance, compass, elbowroom, expanse, extent, latitude, leeway, license, margin, occasion, opening, opportunity, place, play, range, reach, rein, rope, scope, sway, sweep, territory, vastness …

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  • 13Room — (engl., spr. rūm), Zimmer …

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  • 14room — index capacity (maximum), chamber (compartment), coverage (scope), dwell (reside), freedom …

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  • 15room — rüm, ru̇m n a partitioned part of the inside of a hospital esp a space for lodging patients * * * (r m) an enclosed place in a building, set apart for specific purposes such as the performance of procedures …

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  • 16room — is pronounced with either a long or a short vowel sound, but the longer is more common …

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  • 17room|i|ly — «ROO muh lee, RUM uh », adverb. in a roomy manner …

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  • 18Room — For other uses, see Room (disambiguation). Rooms redirects here. For the cultural facility, see The Rooms. A room is any distinguishable space within a structure. Usually, a room is separated from other spaces or passageways by interior walls;… …

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  • 19room — noun 1 in a house/building ADJECTIVE ▪ big, cavernous, enormous, high, high ceilinged, huge, large, spacious, vast ▪ …

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  • 20room — room1 W1S1 [ru:m, rum] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(in a building)¦ 2¦(space)¦ 3¦(opportunity/possibility)¦ 4 there s room for improvement 5 there s not enough room to swing a cat 6¦(apartment)¦ 7¦(people)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: rum] …

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