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How to pronounce room in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms elbow room, way
Type of spatial relation, position
Has types breathing room, lebensraum, sea room, seating, seating area, living space, seating room, seats, breathing space, parking, headroom, headway, houseroom, standing room, clearance
Derivation roomy


room to pass.
hardly enough elbow room to turn around.
Type Words
Synonyms board
Type of populate, dwell, inhabit, live
Derivation roomer


she rooms in an old boarding house.
Type Words
Type of area
Has types antechamber, anteroom, art gallery, sleeping room, squad room, steam bath, steam room, storage room, storeroom, stowage, study, sun lounge, sun parlor, sun parlour, sun porch, sunporch, sunroom, surgery, taproom, television room, test room, testing room, toilet, torture chamber, trading floor, tv room, vapor bath, vapour bath, vestibule, vestry, waiting area, waiting room, walk-in, war room, white room, workroom, back room, ballroom, bar, barroom, bathroom, bedchamber, bedroom, belfry, billiard hall, billiard parlor, billiard parlour, billiard room, billiard saloon, boardroom, can, cardroom, cell, chamber, checkroom, classroom, clean room, cloakroom, closet, clubroom, coatroom, compartment, conference room, control room, council chamber, court, courtroom, cubby, cubbyhole, cubicle, cutting room, dance hall, dance palace, darkroom, den, dinette, dining-room, dining room, door, dressing room, durbar, engine room, engineering, entrance hall, floor, foyer, front room, furnace room, gallery, ginmill, greenroom, guardroom, hall, hospital room, jail cell, john, kitchen, lav, lavatory, left-luggage office, library, living-room, living room, lobby, locker room, lounge, manor hall, parlor, parlour, picture gallery, poolroom, presence chamber, prison cell, privy, rathole, reading room, rec room, reception room, recreation room, rotunda, sacristy, saloon, schoolroom, scriptorium, scullery, sewing room, shipping room, shower room, sick berth, sickbay, sickroom, sitting room, sleeping accommodation, anechoic chamber, smoking room, snug, snuggery, solarium
Derivation roomette


the rooms were very small but they had a nice view.
Type Words
Type of opportunity, chance


room for improvement.
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Type of gathering, assemblage


the whole room was cheering.

Examples of room

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Use the east entrance and take the elevator to the lower level's community room.
From the dailyherald.com
A window screen was removed and the glass broken to gain entrance into the room.
From the dailyherald.com
The officials said a crack pipe and a handgun were recovered from Warren's room.
From the abcnews.go.com
Are there some materials in the room that I maybe already have around the house?
From the abcnews.go.com
The emergency room at the center typically handled about 200 such cases a month.
From the stltoday.com
In one room declarer ruffed the opening heart lead and led the jack of diamonds.
From the stltoday.com
The thought of repercussions already is on some minds in the Giants'locker room.
From the newsday.com
Let sit at room temperature for 10 minutes, or refrigerate for up to 30 minutes.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The thousands of hours of training in the Port Orange YMCA pool and weight room.
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More examples
  • An area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"
  • Board: live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house"
  • Space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around"
  • Opportunity for; "room for improvement"
  • The people who are present in a room; "the whole room was cheering"
  • (rooms) suite: apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
  • A room, in architecture, is any distinguishable space within a structure. Usually, a room is separated from other spaces or passageways by interior walls; moreover, it is separated from outdoor areas by an exterior wall, sometimes with a door. ...
  • A room is any distinguishable space within a structure. Usually, a room is separated from other spaces or passageways by interior walls; moreover, it is separated from outdoor areas by an exterior wall, sometimes with a door...
  • Room is the second album of actress Katey Sagal. It was originally released on June 1, 2004 by the record label Valley Entertainment.