in building
1 [C] a part of a building that has its own walls, floor and ceiling and is usually used for a particular purpose:
He walked out of the room and slammed the door. * They were in the next room and we could hear every word they said. * a dining / living / sitting room * They had to sit in the waiting room for an hour. * I think Simon is in his room (= bedroom). * (spoken) I don't want to watch television. I'll be in the other room (= a different room).
HELPNOTE There are many compounds ending in room. You will find them at their place in the alphabet.
-roomed / -room
2 (in adjectives) having the number of rooms mentioned:
a three-roomed / three-room apartment
in hotel
3 [C] a bedroom in a hotel, etc:
a double / single room * I'd like to book a room with a view of the lake. * She lets out rooms to students.
place to live
4 (rooms) [pl.] (old-fashioned, BrE) a set of two or more rooms that you rent to live in
SYNLODGINGS:
They lived in rooms in Kensington.
space
5 [U] ~ (for sb/sth)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for room is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is room a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, room is tagged as noun.
Does room appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — room appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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