Definition for Room (-s)

room (-s), n. [OE rúm.]

  1. Chamber or apartment in a building such as a house; a dwelling; a place.
  2. Space; dimensional extent.
  3. Tomb.
  4. Stead; place of another.
  5. Unoccupied opportunities.
  6. Parlor.
  7. Floor [as noted by NW in his etymology.]
  8. [Fig.] Power of the king.

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