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rooms

noun US /ruːmz/

apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)

How often you will meet it

Rank 1,292 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 14,210 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.

What it means

noun

  1. apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel) also: suite

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

rooms in real books

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  • His own rooms can be sacred to him.

    Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1

  • We've taken rooms at the hotel up here.

    Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1

  • The architecture was imposing, and in the interior the rooms were handsome and furnished in the best possible taste.

    The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1

  • Hearing this, they became insolent, and commenced speaking so loud, that their voices could be heard in the adjoining rooms.

    Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1

  • Two tables were placed, one after another, in the kitchen; for the other rooms were not sufficiently large to accommodate the company.

    The Station · William Carleton · Chapter 1

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