room (noun)

  • 101room·mate — /ˈruːmˌmeıt/ noun, pl mates [count] : a person who shares a room, apartment, or house with someone else She was my college roommate. = We were roommates in college …

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  • 102room and board — UK / US noun [uncountable] mainly American bed and board …

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  • 103Room — /rum/ (say roohm) noun Thomas Gerald, 1902–86, Australian mathematician and academic …

  • 104room boy — /ˈrum bɔɪ/ (say roohm boy) noun Philippine English a male employed to clean and tidy hotel rooms …

  • 105room service — /ˈrum sɜvəs/ (say roohm servuhs) noun 1. the serving of food, drinks, etc., to guests at a hotel, etc., in their rooms. 2. the staff at a hotel, etc., which renders this service …

  • 106room·er — /ˈruːmɚ/ noun, pl ers [count] US : a person who pays rent to live in a house with its owner …

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  • 107room·ie — /ˈruːmi/ noun, pl ies [count] US informal : ↑roommate She was my roomie in college …

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  • 108day room — 1. a room at an institution, as on a military base, providing facilities for leisure activities. 2. (in a hospital) a recreation room for ambulatory patients. Also, dayroom. [1815 25] * * * day room noun A room used as a communal living room in a …

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  • 109box room — Brit. a storage room, esp. one for trunks, suitcases, etc. [1925 30] * * * box room UK US noun [countable] [singular box room plural box rooms] british a small room, often used for storing things Thesaurus: buildings and place …

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  • 110incident room — incident centre, incident office or incident room noun A temporary establishment set up near the scene of a crime, disaster or unrest, etc by the police or army in order to collect information and monitor the situation • • • Main Entry: ↑incident …

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