room

Dictionary: room   (rūm, rʊm)

1. A space that is or may be occupied: That easy chair takes up too much room.
2. 1. 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.
   2. The people present in such an area: The whole room laughed.
3. rooms Living quarters; lodgings.
4. 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.

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.

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.

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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For other uses, see Room (disambiguation).

"Rooms" redirects here. For the cultural facility, see The Rooms.

A room, in architecture, is any distinguishable space within a structure. Most typically a room is separated by interior walls from other spaces or passageways; moreover, it is separated by an exterior wall from outdoor areas, 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 structures.^[1]

Contents 1 Historical room types 2 Box-room 3 See also 4 Notes

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. 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.

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 intended for bedroom use.

See also

• Entryway
• Great hall
• Classroom
• Room number

Notes

1. ^ The archaeological site of Akrotiri

v • d • e Room Names atrium • attic • alcove • basement / cellar • bathroom • Ballroom • bedroom (or nursery, for infants or small children) • conservatory • dining room • family room or den • drawing room • foyer • front room (in various senses of the phrase) • garage • great room • hallway/passage • kitchen • larder • laundry room • library • living room • lobby • loft • nook • office or study • pantry • parlour • recreation room / rumpus room / television room • shrines to serve the religious functions associated with a family • stairwell • sunroom • storage room / box room • workshop

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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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