room
    n 1: an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and
         ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice
         view"
    2: space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly
       enough elbow room to turn around" [syn: room, way, elbow
       room]
    3: opportunity for; "room for improvement"
    4: the people who are present in a room; "the whole room was
       cheering"
    v 1: live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old
         boarding house" [syn: board, room]

Room \Room\ (r[=oo]m), n. [OE. roum, rum, space, AS. r[=u]m;
   akin to OS., OFries. & Icel. r[=u]m, D. ruim, G. raum, OHG.
   r[=u]m, Sw. & Dan. rum, Goth. r[=u]ms, and to AS. r[=u]m,
   adj., spacious, D. ruim, Icel. r[=u]mr, Goth. r[=u]ms; and
   prob. to L. rus country (cf. Rural), Zend rava[.n]h 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.
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            Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet
            there is room.                        --Luke xiv.
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            There was no room for them in the inn. --Luke ii. 7.
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   2. A particular portion of space appropriated for occupancy;
      a place to sit, stand, or lie; a seat.
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            If he have but twelve pence in his purse, he will
            give it for the best room in a playhouse.
                                                  --Overbury.
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            When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit
            not down in the highest room.         --Luke xiv. 8.
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   3. Especially, space in a building or ship inclosed or set
      apart by a partition; an apartment or chamber.
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            I found the prince in the next room.  --Shak.
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   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.]
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            When he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in
            the room of his father Herod.         --Matt. ii.
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            Neither that I look for a higher room in heaven.
                                                  --Tyndale.
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            Let Bianca take her sister's room.    --Shak.
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   5. Possibility of admission; ability to admit; opportunity to
      act; fit occasion; as, to leave room for hope.
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            There was no prince in the empire who had room for
            such an alliance.                     --Addison.
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   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.
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            Make room, and let him stand before our face.
                                                  --Shak.
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   Syn: Space; compass; scope; latitude.
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Room \Room\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Roomed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Rooming.]
   To occupy a room or rooms; to lodge; as, they arranged to
   room together.
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Room \Room\, a. [AS. r[=u]m.]
   Spacious; roomy. [Obs.]
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         No roomer harbour in the place.          --Chaucer.
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channel
chat room
room

    (Or "chat room", "room", depending on the system in
   question) The basic unit of group discussion in chat systems
   like IRC.  Once one joins a channel, everything one types is
   read by others on that channel.  Channels can either be named
   with numbers or with strings that begin with a "#" sign and
   can have topic descriptions (which are generally irrelevant to
   the actual subject of discussion).

   Some notable channels are "#initgame", "#hottub" and
   "#report".  At times of international crisis, "#report" has
   hundreds of members, some of whom take turns listening to
   various news services and typing in summaries of the news, or
   in some cases, giving first-hand accounts of the action
   (e.g. Scud missile attacks in Tel Aviv during the Gulf War in
   1991).

   [Jargon File]

   (1998-01-25)