ROOM

Room

A room is any distinguishable space within a structure. Usually, a room is separated from other spaces or passageways by interior walls; moreover, it is separated from outdoor areas by an exterior wall, sometimes with a door. Historically the use of rooms dates at least to early Minoan cultures about 2200 BC, where excavations on Santorini, Greece at Akrotiri reveal clearly defined rooms within certain structures.

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room

Noun

  1. Opportunity or scope (to do something).
  2. Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
  3. A particular portion of space.
  4. Sufficient space or do something.
  5. A space between the timbers of a ship's frame.
  6. A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling.
  7. With possessive pronoun: one's bedroom.
  8. A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings.
  9. The people in a room.
  10. An area for working in a coal mine.
  11. A portion of a cave that is wider than a passage.
  12. A forum or chat room.
  13. Place or position in society; office; rank; post, sometimes when vacated by its former occupant.

Verb

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

Adjective

  1. Wide; spacious; roomy.

Adverb

  1. Far; at a distance; wide in space or extent.
  2. Off from the wind.


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