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Webster 1913 Edition

Room

Room

(roōm)
,
Noun.
[OE.
roum
,
rum
, space, AS.
rūm
; akin to OS., OFries. & Icel.
rūm
, D.
ruim
, G.
raum
, OHG.
rūm
, Sw. & Dan.
rum
, Goth.
rūms
, and to AS.
rūm
, adj., spacious, D.
ruim
, Icel.
rūmr
, Goth.
rūms
; and prob. to L.
rus
country (cf.
Rural
), Zend
ravaṅh
wide, free, open,
ravan
a plain.]
1.
Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small;
as, there is not
room
for a house; the table takes up too much
room
.
Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is
room
.
Luke xiv. 22.
There was no
room
for them in the inn.
Luke ii. 7.
2.
A particular portion of space appropriated for occupancy; a place to sit, stand, or lie; a seat.
If he have but twelve pence in his purse, he will give it for the best
room
in a playhouse.
Overbury.
When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest
room
.
Luke xiv. 8.
3.
Especially, space in a building or ship inclosed or set apart by a partition; an apartment or chamber.
I found the prince in the next
room
.
Shakespeare
4.
Place or position in society; office; rank; post; station; also, a place or station once belonging to, or occupied by, another, and vacated.
[Obs.]
When he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the
room
of his father Herod.
Matt. ii. 22.
Neither that I look for a higher
room
in heaven.
Tyndale.
Let Bianca take her sister’s
room
.
Shakespeare
5.
Possibility of admission; ability to admit; opportunity to act; fit occasion;
as, to leave
room
for hope
.
There was no prince in the empire who had
room
for such an alliance.
Addison.
Room and space
(Shipbuilding)
,
the distance from one side of a rib to the corresponding side of the next rib; space being the distance between two ribs, in the clear, and room the width of a rib.
–
To give room
,
to withdraw; to leave or provide space unoccupied for others to pass or to be seated.
–
To make room
,
to open a space, way, or passage; to remove obstructions; to give room.

Make room
, and let him stand before our face.
Shakespeare
Syn. – Space; compass; scope; latitude.

Room

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Roomed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Rooming
.]
To occupy a room or rooms; to lodge;
as, they arranged to
room
together
.

Room

,
Adj.
[AS.
rūm
.]
Spacious; roomy.
[Obs.]
No
roomer
harbour in the place.
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Room

ROOM

, n.
1.
Space; compass; extent of place, great or small. Let the words occupy as little room as possible.
2.
Space or place unoccupied.
Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. Luke 14.
3.
Place for reception or admission of any thing. In this case, there is no room for doubt or for argument.
4.
Place of another; stead; as in succession or substitution. One magistrate or king comes in the room of a former one. We often place one thing in the room of another. 1Kings 20.
5.
Unoccupied opportunity. The eager pursuit of wealth leaves little room for serious reflection.
6.
An apartment in a house; any division separated from the rest by a partition; as a parlor, drawing room or bed-room; also an apartment in a ship, as the cook-room, bread-room, gun-room, &c.
7.
A seat. Luke 14.
To make room, to open a way or passage; to free from obstructions.
To make room, to open a space or place for any thing.
To give room, to withdraw; to leave space unoccupied for others to pass or to be seated.

ROOM

,
Verb.
I.
To occupy an apartment; to lodge; an academic use of the word. A B rooms at No. 7.

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