room (noun)

  • 1room — noun 1 in a house/building ADJECTIVE ▪ big, cavernous, enormous, high, high ceilinged, huge, large, spacious, vast ▪ …

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  • 2room — ► NOUN 1) space viewed in terms of its capacity to accommodate contents or allow action: there was no room to move. 2) opportunity or scope: room for improvement. 3) a part of a building enclosed by walls, floor, and ceiling. 4) (rooms) a set of… …

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  • 3room service — noun : the service provided by a hotel or lodging house for guests in their rooms and usually carried out by bellboys or waiters ring for room service and have breakfast in bed J.R.Ullman also : the department of a hotel or lodging house… …

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  • 4room and board — noun : lodging and food usually specifically earned or furnished receives wages plus board and room compare room 4c, board 4c, found * * * lodging and meals. [1950 55] * * * room and board UK US noun [uncountable] mainly american bed and board …

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  • 5room temperature — noun the normal temperature of room in which people live (Freq. 9) • Hypernyms: ↑temperature * * * noun [noncount] : a comfortable temperature that is not too hot or too cold Store the wine at room temperature. * * * ˈroom temperature 7 [room… …

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  • 6room clerk — noun a hotel clerk who is responsible for room assignments to guests (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑desk clerk, ↑hotel desk clerk, ↑hotel clerk * * * noun : a hotel clerk who is in charge of the assignment of rooms to guests * * * a clerk at a hotel who …

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  • 7room divider — noun : an article of furniture (as a rack, chair, or table) used to divide a room into separate areas drafts are avoided by high backed seats that are also room dividers Edgar Kaufmann * * * a partition, as a screen or freestanding bookcase, that …

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  • 8room|ful — «ROOM ful, RUM », noun, plural fuls. 1. enough to fill a room: »a roomful of books. 2. the people or things in a room …

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  • 9noun phrase — noun a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb • Syn: ↑nominal phrase, ↑nominal • Hypernyms: ↑phrase * * * noun Usage: sometimes capitalized N&P : a syntactic element (as a word, phrase, or clause) that can be u …

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  • 10room service — UK US noun [U] ► the serving of food and drink to guests in their hotel room, or the people who do this work: »I ordered room service …

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