room
 room (ro͞om, ro͝om)n.
1. A space that is or may be occupied:
That easy chair takes up too much room.
2.
a. An area separated by walls or partitions from other similar parts of the structure or building in which it is located:
the first room on the left; an unpainted room.
b. The people present in such an area:
The whole room laughed.
3. rooms Living quarters; lodgings.
4. Suitable opportunity; occasion.intr.v. roomed, room·ing, rooms
To occupy a room; lodge. [Middle English roum, from Old English rūm. See reuə- in Indo-European Roots.]
Synonyms: room, elbowroom, latitude, leeway, margin, play, scope
These nouns denote adequate space or opportunity for freedom of movement or action: room for improvement; needed elbowroom to negotiate effectively; no latitude allowed in conduct; allowed the chef leeway in choosing the menu; no margin for error; imagination given full play; permitting their talents free scope.
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