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Room

noun

An area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling.

Space for movement. Synonyms: elbow room, way. "Make way for" , "Hardly enough elbow room to turn around"

Opportunity for.

The people who are present in a room.

verb

(past & past part. roomed; pres. part. rooming)

Live and take one's meals at or in. Synonym: board.

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"Room" Quotes from Famous Books

... the girl experience as she thus innocently dreamed of her future life! Her joy was increased as she fancied herself seated in her little school-room after the close of her labors for the day. That little room was to be a bright place in her memory forever for was it not he, her friend, who had told her that she would require some recreation ...

— The Home in the Valley • Emilie F. Carlen

... Majesties—for the Queen had always kept up a semblance of friendship with him. Without the slightest suspicion he repaired to the palace, but scarcely had he ascended the great staircase, and was entering the room in which their Majesties were seated, when the report of a pistol rung through the room; the fatal bullet pierced the heart of the gallant old man, who staggered forward, and fell at the feet of the wretched woman who had been the instigator of ...

— A Journey to Katmandu • Laurence Oliphant

... Alfred Hampden were on the eighth of December, 185-, at the advent of this little stranger into their humble home. Buried in baby finery, this unsuspecting new-comer slumbered contentedly in a dainty cot. The room was silent and darkened, the bright morning sunshine being shut out by the heavy curtains which were carefully drawn across the window: there was a ring of rare contentment in the crackle and purr of the wood-stove, that filled a remote corner of the room with its comfortable presence: ...

— The Doctor's Daughter • "Vera"

... bed at once," he said, conducting her to a door which opened out of the sitting-room. "I have had a fire lit in your chamber in case you should come, and old Tante Sally will bring you soup with brandy in it, and hot water for your feet. Ah! there you are, old vrouw. Come now; help the lady, ...

— Benita, An African Romance • H. Rider Haggard

... room, was pacing restlessly up and down, with his eyes fixed intently, almost anxiously, upon ...

— A Conspiracy of the Carbonari • Louise Muhlbach

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