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(rūm, rʊm) 
n.
To occupy a room; lodge.
n.
- A space that is or may be occupied: That easy chair takes up too much room.
- An area separated by walls or partitions from other similar parts of the structure or building in which it is located: the first room on the left; an unpainted room.
- The people present in such an area: The whole room laughed.
- rooms Living quarters; lodgings.
- Suitable opportunity; occasion.
To occupy a room; lodge.
[Middle English roum, from Old English rūm.]
SYNONYMS room, elbowroom, latitude, leeway, margin, play, scope. These nouns denote adequate space or opportunity for freedom of movement or action: room for improvement; needed elbowroom to negotiate effectively; no latitude allowed in conduct; allowed the chef leeway in choosing the menu; no margin for error; imagination given full play; permitting their talents free scope.
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is pronounced with either a long or a short vowel sound, but the longer is more common.
| roof, rondo, romance | |
| roomful, root, rout, rosary, rosery |
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room
noun
- Suitable opportunity to accept or allow something: elbowroom, latitude, leeway, margin, play, scope. See place, restraint/unrestraint.
verb
- To provide with often temporary lodging: accommodate, bed (down), berth, bestow, billet, board, bunk1, domicile, harbor, house, lodge, put up, quarter. See protection/exposure.
Idioms beginning with room:
room and board
In addition to the idiom beginning with room, also see not enough room to swing a cat; take up space (room).
In a building, a particular portion, an enclosure or division separated from other divisions by partitions.
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IN BRIEF: An area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling.
A house without books is like a room without windows.
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Dreams of rooms have a wide variety of meanings. An appealing and comfortable room may indicate that the dreamer is enjoying opulence and satisfaction in life. A stark and confining room, like a prison cell, may mean the dreamer feels repressed and trapped. Sometimes rooms are simply stages for the dream and hark back to earlier periods of life, for example, childhood or a previous marriage. Dreams about rooms often relate to hidden areas of the unconscious mind.
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A place in a building enclosed and set apart for occupancy or for the performance of certain procedures.
- operating r. — one especially equipped for the performance of surgical operations. Called also operating theater.
- recovery r. — a hospital unit adjoining operating rooms, with special provisions for the care of animals recovering from surgery. For large animals, it must be designed and equipped to minimize the risk of injury to the animal as it regains consciousness and returns to its feet, while permitting close, but safe, supervision by nursing staff. Closed circuit television is commonly utilized for this purpose.
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- Rooms - room: partitioned section of inside of building, usu. for some specific purpose
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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; 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.[1]
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Historical room types
In early structures, diverse room types could be identified to include bedrooms, kitchens, bathing rooms, reception rooms, and other specialized uses. The aforementioned Akrotiri excavations reveal rooms sometimes built above other rooms connected by staircases, bathrooms with alabaster appliances such as washbasins, bathing tubs, and toilets, all connected to an elaborate twin plumbing systems of ceramic pipes for cold and hot water separately.[1] Ancient Rome manifested very complex building forms with a variety of room types, including some of the earliest examples of rooms for indoor bathing. The Anasazi civilization also had an early complex development of room structures, probably the oldest in North America, while the Maya of Central America had very advanced room configurations as early as several hundred AD. By at least the early Han Dynasty in China (e.g. approximately 200 BC), complex multi-level building forms emerged, particularly for religious and public purposes; these designs featured many roomed structures and included vertical connections of rooms.
Box-room
Many houses are built to contain a box-room (box room or boxroom) that is easily identifiable, being smaller than the others. The small size of these rooms limits their use, and they tend to be used as a small single bedroom, small child's bedroom, or as a storage room. Other box rooms may house a live-in domestic worker.
Traditionally, and often seen in country houses and larger suburban houses up until the 1930s in Britain, the box room was literally for the storage of boxes, trunks, portmanteaux, and the like, rather than for bedroom use.[citation needed]
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Notes
- ^ a b "Archaeological Site of Akrotiri". Travel to Santorini: Santorini Island Guide. Marinet Ltd.. http://www.travel-to-santorini.com/place.php?place_id=40. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
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Room
Dansk (Danish)
n. - rum, værelse, plads, lejlighed (også overf. bet.)
v. intr. - rumme, give plads til, bo
idioms:
- make room gøre plads, skaffe plads
- room and board kost og logi
- room for manoeuvre råderum
- room service room service
- rooming house pensionat
Nederlands (Dutch)
kamer, ruimte, plaats, lokaal (school), zaal, op kamers wonen
Français (French)
n. - pièce, chambre, bureau, salle, espace, place, possibilité, marge (de), meublé (npl), (GB) chambre d'étudiant
v. intr. - (US) loger
idioms:
- make room faire de la place
- room and board nourri logé
- room for manoeuvre marge de man¯uvre
- room service service de chambre
- rooming house immeuble locatif, (habiter) en location
Deutsch (German)
n. - Zimmer, Raum, Platz
v. - wohnen
idioms:
- make room Platz machen
- room and board Unterkunft und Verpflegung
- room for manoeuvre Spielraum
- room service Zimmerservice
- rooming house Pension
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αίθουσα, δωμάτιο, κάμαρα, τόπος, χώρος, μέρος, περιθώριο, (πληθ.) επιπλωμένο διαμέρισμα
v. - μένω, μοιράζομαι δωμάτιο
idioms:
- back room αφανής χώρος εργασίας
- make room κάνω χώρο
- room and board στέγη και τροφή
- room for manoeuvre περιθώριο για ελιγμούς
- room service (σε ξενοδοχεία κ.λπ.) εξυπηρέτηση δωματίων, ρουμ-σέρβις
- rooming house πανσιόν
Italiano (Italian)
camera, posto, sala, spazio
idioms:
- back room stanza di servizio
- make room fare posto
- room and board vitto e alloggio
- room for manoeuvre spazio vitale
- room service room service
- rooming house pensione
Português (Portuguese)
n. - cômodo (m), quarto (m), sala (f)
v. - morar
idioms:
- make room dar lugar a
- room and board albergue (m)
- room for manoeuvre liberdade de expressão
- room service serviço de quarto
- rooming house casa de cômodos
Русский (Russian)
комната, место, возможность
idioms:
- make room освободить место
- room and board полный пансион
- room for manoeuvre пространство для маневра
- room service гостиничное обслуживание
- rooming house доходный дом, дом где сдают комнаты
Español (Spanish)
n. - habitación, cuarto, sala, sitio, espacio, lugar, salón, cabida, cupo
v. intr. - alojarse, ocupar una habitación
idioms:
- make room hacer o dejar sitio
- room and board pensión completa, casa y comida
- room for manoeuvre espacio para moverse
- room service servicio de habitaciones
- rooming house casa de huéspedes
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rum, utrymme
v. - vara inneboende
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
房间, 场所, 空位, 住宿, 居住
idioms:
- make room 为...腾出地方, 让出地方给..., 让路给...
- room and board 食宿
- room for manoeuvre 回旋余地
- room service 房间服务部
- rooming house 公寓
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 房間, 場所, 空位
v. intr. - 住宿, 居住
idioms:
- make room 為...騰出地方, 讓出地方給..., 讓路給...
- room and board 食宿
- room for manoeuvre 回旋餘地
- room service 房間服務部
- rooming house 公寓
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 방, 여지, 자리
v. intr. - 방을 함께 차지하다, 동거하다, 유숙하다
idioms:
- make room 장소를 내주다, 자리를 양보하다, 길을 비켜 주다
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 室, 部屋, 一組の部屋, 一室にいる人びと, 機会, 余裕, 場所, 空間, トイレ
v. - 止宿する, 泊める, 部屋に案内する
idioms:
- dining room 食堂
- make room 場所を空ける, 席を譲る
- men's room 男子便所
- room and board 食事付きの部屋
- room for manoeuvre 作戦を選択する余地
- room service ルームサービス, ルームサービス係
- room temperature 室温
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) غرفه, مكان, حيز, متسع (فعل) يسكن, يقيم, يؤوي
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - מקום, חדר
v. intr. - גר, דר
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