room
/ɹum/ noun A1- Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
- Sufficient space for or to do something.
- A space between the timbers of a ship's frame.
- A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling.
- (One's) bedroom. · Go to your room!
- A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings.
- The people in a room. · The room was on its feet.· He was good at reading rooms.
- An area for working in a coal mine.
Plural rooms
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“Anne go to your room and stay there until I come up,” said Marilla, recovering her powers of speech with difficulty.
Caderousse approached him just as Danglars, whom Fernand seemed most anxious to avoid, had joined him in a corner of the room.
“Now, would anybody think that this room contained a happy, merry party, who desire nothing better than to laugh and dance the hours away?”
“Yes, he likes to keep himself shut up in his little room.”
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