room
noun
, ˈru̇m
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Other Words from room
Noun
, ˈru̇md \
adjective
Synonyms for room
Synonyms: Noun
elbow room, place, space, way
Synonyms: Verb
accommodate, bestow, billet, bivouac, board, bunk, camp, chamber, domicile, encamp, harbor, house, lodge, put up, quarter, roof, shelter, take in
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Examples of room in a Sentence
Noun
Cigarette smoke filled the room. I could hear the TV from the next room. He rents rooms to college students. We're running out of room in the office. The sofa takes up too much room. In the backyard there is enough room to run and play. Is there enough room to turn the car around? There's only room for five people in the car. Don't eat too much. You should leave some room for dessert. There's no more room on the computer disk to save the file.Verb
we can room up to four visitors in our two guest bedrooms
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The townhouse boasts has a plethora of other luxury features including an indoor pool surrounded by Basalt stone tiles, chandeliers, and a fitness room. — Alexis Reliford, refinery29.com, "Taylor Swift's "Cornelia Street" Apartment Is Loaded With The Most Lux Features," 24 Aug. 2019 That was when, in a stark hospital room, the waif of a girl in a pink flamingo T-shirt and shorts calmly confided her dark plans to a nurse. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, "She’s been bounced through more than a dozen foster homes. And she’s just 6," 24 Aug. 2019 Common Pleas Judge Melba Marsh oversaw the hearing from a conference room at the Hamilton County Law Library, which is on the courthouse's top floor. — Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati.com, "Serial killer pleads guilty to strangling 2 women in Cincinnati decades ago," 23 Aug. 2019 Most of the upper level is maintained as a 19th century school room, while the lower level has displays of various items from the town’s agricultural and social history. — courant.com, "Community News For The South Windsor Edition," 23 Aug. 2019 The camera zooms in on Hadid standing in a darkened room, and the shadows on the wall behind her suggest an imaginary train station. — Emma Grey Ellis, WIRED, "You Are Already Having Sex With Robots," 23 Aug. 2019 Music and history will mix at concerts on the roof and in a candlelit room of the 3-story fortress, a national historic site. — Anna Bauman, SFChronicle.com, "Pianos bring creativity, inspiration to San Francisco’s Fort Point," 23 Aug. 2019 The couple tied the knot in a hospital room in 1997, just three days before King had surgery to clear a clogged blood vessel. — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, "Larry King's son speaks out amid parents' divorce, slams this rumor as 'completely false'," 23 Aug. 2019 In a conference room of a Catholic church in Luanda, Wanda furiously scribbled in her pink notebook, peeking over her glasses. — USA Today, "Were Wanda Tucker’s ancestors America’s first slaves? A difficult search for answers in far-away Angola," 22 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
And while this year’s fair-food dance card is already pretty full, there’s always room for more. — Anchorage Daily News, "10 things our dining writer can’t wait to eat at the Alaska State Fair," 22 Aug. 2019 The multimillionaire financier was previously on suicide watch where he would be roomed with a cellmate and have prison staff check on him every half-hour. — Fortune, "Jeffrey Epstein Is Dead, but the Battle Over His Fortune Is Just Beginning," 13 Aug. 2019 Reporters for the San Francisco Examiner roomed in this area at the Hotel Jessie. — Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, "SF ‘hobohemia’ transformed into Skid Row as jobs and city changed," 10 Aug. 2019 Saoirse-Monica Jackson plays Erin, an intensely self-conscious youngster who is stuck rooming with her weirdo cousin Orla (Louisa Harland). — Noel Murray, The Verge, "Why Netflix’s Derry Girls is the perfect show to stream this weekend," 2 Aug. 2019 Bring to room temperature or warm slightly before using. — Los Angeles Times, "Spicy Shrimp Paste Noodles," 24 July 2019 Smaller birds such as rosy-faced lovebirds and familiar chats may room alongside them in this avian mansion, while vultures or eagles may roost on the roof. — Liz Langley, National Geographic, "These animals make homes for other species," 25 June 2019 In fact, Buchanan and King roomed together with several other Democratic congressmen from the South at the time. — NBC News, "Would Buttigieg be first gay president? Maybe not.," 22 June 2019 Ellsworth and Gee often room together on road trips. — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, "For Emma Gee, being the only out LGBTQ athlete at BYU is complicated," 3 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'room.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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