room

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

   the rooms were very small but they had a nice view

2. 2
   noun

   the people who are present in a room

   the whole room was cheering

3. 3
   noun

   space for movement

   room to pass

4. 4
   noun

   opportunity for

   room for improvement

5. 5
   verb

   live and take one's meals at or in

   They room in an old boarding house.

6. 6
   noun

   An opportunity or scope (to do something).

   Thou lorde whiche knowest the hertes of all men, shewe whether thou hast chosen of these two, that the one maye take the roume of this ministracion, and apostleshippe from the which Judas by transgression fell, that he myght goo to his awne place.

7. 7
   noun

   Space for something, or to carry out an activity.

   He explains they have enough room to stand and lie down, points out the "little cup to brush our teeth", and the place where they pray.

8. 8
   noun

   A particular portion of space.

   If he have but twelve pence in his purse, he will give it for the best room in a playhouse.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-? Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH-der. Proto-Germanic *rūmą Proto-West Germanic *rūm Old English rūm Middle English roum English room From Middle English roum (“room, space”), from Old English rūm (“room, space”), from Proto-West Germanic *rūm (“room”), from Proto-Germanic *rūmą (“room”), from Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH- (“to root; to rip, tear”), from *Hrew- (“to tear out, open”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian rüm (“room, space”), Saterland Frisian and Low German Ruum (“room, space”), Dutch ruim (“open space; cargo hold”), German and Luxembourgish…