Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Room (-s)
room (-s), n. [OE rúm.]
- Chamber; apartment; private living quarters; dwelling place in a house.
- Space; dimensional extent.
- Tomb.
- Stead; place of another.
- Unoccupied opportunities.
- Parlor; funeral chamber.
- Floor [as noted by NW in his etymology.]
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