/ruːm/
Translation
A part of a building with its own walls, floor, and door.
Word origin
From Old English rum, meaning space or an open area, later used for a part of a building.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- rum
Grammar
Examples
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"Room" means one part of the house with its own door.
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"Rooms" is the plural, meaning more than one room.
more ?
Here "room" means space to put something.
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Stories
(16)A Rainy Afternoon
3 min read · Core 1000
At the Doctor
3 min read · Core 1000
The First Day at Work
3 min read · Core 1000
The Journey
3 min read · Core 1000
The Surprise Party
3 min read · Core 1000
The Broken Window
4 min read · Core 5000
The Clock in the Hall
4 min read · Core 5000
The Letter She Never Sent
4 min read · Core 5000
Not in Front of Them
5 min read · Core 1000
The First Letter
5 min read · Core 5000
The Midnight Piano
5 min read · Core 5000
The Register
5 min read · Core 5000
The Tuesday Visitor
5 min read · Core 5000
The Whale on the Beach
5 min read · Core 5000
Two Tickets to Paris
5 min read · Core 5000
The Last Light
8 min read · Core 5000
Grammar articles
(15)Adjective order in English: opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose
Articles in English: a, an, the and the zero article
As vs like in English: swims like a fish, works as a waiter, and the truth about like I said
Compound nouns in English: car park, coffee cup, and why GREENhouse is not green HOUSE
Countable and uncountable nouns in English: advice, information, news and the ones you simply have to learn
Emphasis in English: I do like it, my own, the very, and how to push back
Gradable and ungradable adjectives: why very furious sounds wrong, and which intensifier goes where
English grammar test: 30 questions with answers (A2-B2)
Hedging and vague language in English: sort of, a bit, -ish, stuff and or so
Advanced passive structures in English: the get-passive, it is said that, and passives with two objects
Prepositions in English: place, time and movement explained
Present perfect continuous: have been doing, and how it differs from the present perfect
Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns in English: myself, yourself, each other, and when English does not bother
Reporting verbs in English: admit, deny, suggest, promise, and the pattern welded to each one
So, such, too and enough in English: words of degree and result
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