room

noun

• 1 [mass noun] space that can be occupied or where something can be done:there’s only room for a single bed in there she made room for Josh on the sofa [with infinitive]:he was trapped without room to move
• opportunity or scope for something to happen or be done:there’s room for improvement in the way the programme is managed [with infinitive]:a policy which left the government with very little room to manoeuvre

• 2a part or division of a building enclosed by walls, floor, and ceiling:he wandered from room to room
• the people present in a room:the whole room burst into an uproar of approval
• (rooms) British a set of rooms, typically rented, in which a person, couple, or family live:my rooms at Mrs Jenks’s house

verb

• share a room, house, or flat, especially a rented one at a college or similar institution:I was rooming with my cousin
• [with object] provide with a shared room or lodging:they roomed us together