room
Part of speech: noun
verb
adv
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
caving
hobbies
lifestyle
mining
nautical
transport
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 Raum (“room, space”), Vilamovian raojm (“room”), Danish and Swedish rum (“room, space”), Faroese and Icelandic rúm (“space, room”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk rom (“room, space”), Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌼 (rum, “room, space”); also Irish rúsc (“bark”), Manx roost (“bark; peel, rind”), Scottish Gaelic rùsg (“rind; bark; fleece; shell”), Welsh rhisgl (“bark”), Latin rūs (“country, fields, lands; estate, farm; village”), Ancient Greek ὀρύσσω (orússō), ὀρύττω (orúttō, “to dig”), Latvian raut (“to pull with force”), Lithuanian rauti (“to grub, pull”), Belarusian рыць (rycʹ, “to dig”), Bulgarian ри́я (ríja, “to excavate”), Czech rýt (“to dig; to engrave”), Polish ryć (“to dig”), Russian рыть (rytʹ, “to dig; to burrow, mine”), Slovak ryť (“to dig; to engrave”), Slovene riti (“to dig”), Ukrainian ри́ти (rýty, “to dig, excavate”), Central Kurdish ڕێو (rêw, “public hair”), Tocharian A kärpi (“raw, rough; common”), Tocharian B kärpiye (“raw, rough; common”), Sanskrit लोमन् (loman), रोमन् (roman, “body hair; down, wool”). More at rural. Doublet of Raum, a surname from German.
The word superficially appears to be an exception to the Great Vowel Shift, which might have produced the pronunciation /ɹaʊm/, but the retention of Middle English /uː/ before /m/ is regular. In fact, /aʊ/ does not occur before non-coronal consonants in Standard Modern English native vocabulary. Some dialects did undergo diphthongization in such a position and the pronunciation /ɹaʊm/ occurs, for example, in Lancashire.
Inflected forms:
form: rooms
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: roome
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: rooms
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: rooming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: roomed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: roomed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: roome
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: more room
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most room
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: An opportunity or scope (to do something).
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
Nor shalt thou give me room to doubt whether it be necessity or love, that inspires this condescending impulse.
gloss: Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: A particular portion of space.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
uncountable
examples: If he have but twelve pence in his purse, he will give it for the best room in a playhouse.
When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room.
gloss: Sufficient space for or to do something.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
uncountable
examples: There was no prince in the empire who had room for such an alliance.
There are major disagreements within the Coalition and politicians always want to retain room for manoeuvre.
gloss: A space between the timbers of a ship's frame.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A place; a stead.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: For this purpose I have shown that no acquisitions of guilt can compensate the loss of that solid inward comfort of mind, which is the sure companion of innocence and virtue; nor can in the least balance the evil of that horror and anxiety which, in their room, guilt introduces into our bosoms.
A ram was accepted as a vicarious sacrifice in room of the royal victim.
gloss: A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Miss Bingley made no answer, and soon afterwards she got up and walked about the room.
He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.
gloss: (One's) bedroom.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Go to your room!
She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.
‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’
gloss: A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings.
pos: noun
tags: countable
in-plural
uncountable
gloss: The people in a room.
pos: noun
tags: countable
metonymically
singular
uncountable
usually
examples: The room was on its feet.
He was good at reading rooms.
It was fun to watch her work the room.
gloss: An area for working in a coal mine.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A portion of a cave that is wider than a passage.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An IRC or chat room.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
countable
examples: Some users may not be able to access the AOL room.
Here in the room we are as one / Together you and me, together you and me / Hours connect / As we switch on
gloss: A place or position in society; office; rank; post, sometimes when vacated by its former occupant.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: When ſhee that rules in Rhamnis golden gates, […]
Shall make me ſolely Emperour of Aſia,
Then ſhall your meeds and vallours be aduaunſt
To roomes of honour and Nobilitie.
Let Bianca take her sister's room.
When he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod.
Neither that I look for a higher room in heaven.
gloss: A quantity of furniture sufficient to furnish one room.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: “I understand you need some furniture and can’t get no credit.” I liked to fell over. He say, “I’ll give you all the credit you want, but you got to pay the interest on it.” I told him, “Give me three rooms worth and charge whatever you want.”
gloss: To reside, especially as a boarder or tenant.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Doctor Watson roomed with Sherlock Holmes at Baker Street.
Even without looking up, I knew right away who it was. It was Robert Ackley, this guy that roomed right next to me.
But, then, running into the guy who rooms across the hall from me—in the Paris Metro?
gloss: To assign to a room; to allocate a room to.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: […] convinced (with no scientific evidence) that they would contract the dread disease by breathing the same air in which the patient was roomed, by touching the patient or even by changing the sheets of a patient's bed.
gloss: Far; at a distance; wide in space or extent.
pos: adv
tags: dialectal
obsolete
gloss: Off from the wind.
pos: adv
Synonyms: rm
room
Related words: clean my room
elbow room
elephant in the room
get a room
in the room
need a room
no room at the inn
room and board
room at the top
room by room
room for abuse
room for apology
room for dessert
room for error
room for improvement
room service
room to breathe
room to grow
room to roam
room with a view
standing room only
work the room
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Derived words: 800-pound gorilla in the room
Ames room
anger room
anteroom
anti-room
Arizona room
art room
assembly room
assume room temperature
audit room
AV room
baby elephant in the room
back room
backroom
Backrooms
bagroom
balance room
ballroom
ball-room
bandroom
barnroom
barrack-room lawyer
barracks room lawyer
bar room
barroom
bath room
bathroom
bathroomette
bedroom
bed-room
bed room
bed-sitting room
big blue room
big room
big room house
billiard-room
billiard room
billiards room
black room
blue room
boardroom
board-room
board room
boiler room
bookroom
boot room
boxroom
box room
boys' room
breadroom
bread-room
breakout room
break room
breakroom
breathing room
browsing room
bunkroom
butt room
by-room
cardroom
card-room
champagne room
changeroom
changing room
chartroom
chatroom
chat-room
checkroom
Chinese room
classroom
cleanroom
clean room
cloak room
cloakroom
clockroom
clubroom
coatroom
coderoom
coffee-room
coffee room
coffeeroom
cold room
collaboration room
combination room
comfort room
commercial room
committee room
common room
computer room
concert room
conference room
consulting room
consumption room
control room
cookroom
coolroom
copy room
counting room
count room
court room
courtroom
crush room
crying room
cry room
cutting room
darkroom
dark room
data room
day room
dayroom
dead room
decision room
delivery room
dining room
dining-room
dinner room
discussion room
display room
dormroom
double room
drawing room
drawing-room
dream room
dressing room
dressing-room
dying room
elbowroom
embalming room
emergency room
engine room
escape room
examination room
examining room
family room
feedroom
fireroom
fishing room
fitting room
fixing room
fix room
Florida room
footroom
foreroom
form-room
form room
front room
fuck room
game room
games room
gentlemen's room
giftwrapping room
girls' room
gorilla in the room
granny room
great room
greatroom
green room
grillroom
grill room
grow room
guardroom
guest-room
guestroom
guest room
gunroom
half bathroom
headroom
hearing room
hoistroom
homeroom
hotel room
houseroom
huddle room
incident room
inner room
interroom
IQ of room temperature
junkroom
keeping room
keeping-room
kneeroom
ladies' room
lamp room
laundry room
lavatory room
legroom
lightroom
light up a room
light up the room
little boy's room
little boys room
little boys' room
little girls' room
little girls room
little girl's room
living room
living-room
living room group
locked-room mystery
locker-room
locker room
locker room humor
locker-room talk
locker room talk
locking room
long room
loo room
lose the dressing room
lounge room
loungeroom
lumberroom
lumber room
lunchroom
machine room
mailroom
make room
maneuvering room
man's room
map room
master bedroom
meat in the room
meditation room
meeting room
meet-me room
men's room
mess room
messroom
morning-room
morning room
mud room
mudroom
multiroom
music room
mystery room
necessary room
nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
newsroom
not enough room to swing a cat
not worth hell room
on the cutting room floor
operating-room
operating room
operating room table
operating-room table
opportunity room
other room
packing room
padded room
pad room
panic room
parish room
piss room
pitroom
plant room
plaster room
plateroom
playroom
plotting room
poolroom
Poolrooms
pope's living room
postroom
powder room
prayer room
preparation room
prep room
presence room
press room
pressroom
private room
proofroom
pump-room
pump room
quiet room
rage room
raying room
reading room
read the room
ready room
reception room
recording room
recovery room
recreation room
rec room
red room
refreshment room
relay room
rest room
restroom
retiring room
romper room
roomage
roomal
room and pillar
Roomba
room by the hour
room divider
roomette
room for a pony
room for doubt
room for maneuver
roomful
roomie
room in
roomkeeper
roomless
roomlet
roomlike
roomly
roommate
room meat
room of doom
room party
room-scale
roomset
room-set
room set
roomsome
room spray
room temp
room-temperature
room temperature
room-temperature IQ
room-temperature I.Q.
room temperature IQ
room temperature I.Q.
roomth
room to maneuver
room tone
roomward
roomwise
roomy
rubber room
ruckus room
rumpus room
running room
safe room
sailroom
saleroom
sale room
salesroom
sample room
save room
scene-room
school-room
school room
schoolroom
science room
screening room
searchroom
sea room
sewing room
shelfroom
shielded room
shiproom
showroom
sickroom
single room
sinkroom
sitting room
sitting-room
situation room
slumber room
smallest room
smallest room in the house
small room
smash room
smoke-filled room
smoke room
smokeroom
smoking-room
smoking room
soft room
song and supper room
sound room
spare room
spin room
spirit-room
squad room
stackroom
stack room
staffroom
standing-room
standing room
stateroom
steam room
stillroom
stockroom
stock room
storeroom
store-room
storm room
strongroom
strong room
study room
subroom
sun room
sunroom
switchroom
tack room
tally room
tankroom
taproom
tasting room
tea room
tearoom
three-quarter bathroom
throneroom
throne-room
throne room
tiring-room
toilet room
toilet-room
tool room
toolroom
T-room
trophy room
twin room
upper room
upstairs room
utility room
viewing room
virtual data room
visiting room
waiting room
waiting-room
wardroom
wareroom
warming room
warming-room
war-room
war room
wash room
washroom
weightroom
weight room
well-room
well room
wet room
white room
wiggle room
wireroom
withdrawing room
wobble room
woman's room
women's room
workroom
wriggle room
writers' room
writ-room
yardroom
roomer
room together
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