room
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
How often you will meet it
Rank 191 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 125,539 times across 175,113 chapters — 0.060% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling the rooms were very small but they had a nice view
- space for movement also: way, elbow room room to passmake way for
- opportunity for room for improvement
- the people who are present in a room the whole room was cheering
verb
- live and take one's meals at or in also: board she rooms in an old boarding house
room in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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They usually slept in the same room.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
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Gloria got up and wandered about the little room.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1
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I grew afraid and turned to quit the room.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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The old man spoke sternly and the boy stopped, flushed and angry, and a moment later slipped from the room.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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Followed by his sponsor he obeys and what happens at the room no one but the men of the society know.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1