room
Translation
room, space
Examples
My house has three rooms.
My house has three rooms.
Is there enough room for me?
Is there enough room for me?
Grammar Patterns
((a/the)) room a part of a building My house has three rooms.
room ((for sth./sb.)) space for a purpose Is there enough room for me?
Similar Words
Synonyms: chamber, space, area; Antonyms: (for space) constraint
Etymology
From Old English 'rūm', meaning 'space'. This later came to mean an enclosed space, i.e., a room.
Memory Tips
Remember the two main meanings: a countable 'room' in a house, and uncountable 'room' meaning space.