room

A separate space inside a building, with walls, a floor, and a ceiling.

• This room is very small.
• We painted the rooms upstairs last weekend.
• Which room is the meeting in?

Common phrases: living room, meeting room, room in something, dining room

Empty space that someone or something can use.

• There is no room in my bag.
• Move your chair to make room for Sam.
• Do we have enough room to dance?

How to use it: room for someone/something (Is there room for another chair?); room to do something (There is enough room to turn the car around.)

Similar words: space

Common phrases: make room, enough room, room for something, room to move

The place in a home where someone sleeps and keeps their personal things.

• My room is upstairs.
• The children cleaned their rooms before lunch.
• Can I put a desk in my room?

Similar words: bedroom

Common phrases: my room, own room, tidy room

To live in a particular room, often sharing it with someone.

• We room together at college.
• She roomed with her sister last year.
• Who will you room with next term?

How to use it: room with someone (I room with a friend from college.)

Similar words: share a room, lodge

Common phrases: room with someone, room together

To live somewhere as a person who rents a room.

• He rooms near the station.
• She roomed with a local family for a year.
• Two students roomed upstairs while they attended college.

How to use it: room at somewhere (He roomed at a house near the station.); room with someone (She roomed with an elderly couple.)

Similar words: lodge, board

Common phrases: room at somewhere, room with someone