room
Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
Noun 4 meanings
Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
Sufficient space for or to do something.
A space between the timbers of a ship's frame.
A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling.
Verb 2 meanings
To reside, especially as a boarder or tenant.
“Doctor Watson roomed with Sherlock Holmes at Baker Street.”
To assign to a room; to allocate a room to.
Adverb 1 meaning
Off from the wind.
Etymology
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”).
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ROOM at a glance
ROOM has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (R 1 + O 1 + O 1 + M 3) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #379 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with room
All rhymes- BATHROOM15
- BEDROOM12
- BOOM8
- CLASSROOM13
- BLOOM9
- ZOOM15
- DOOM7
- GROOM8
- MUSHROOM15
- COURTROOM13
- BALLROOM12
- BROOM9
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