room

From Wiktionary
room is on the Basic English 850 List.
roof - room - root
room is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
roll - room - round

Pronunciation[change]

Noun[change]

Singular
room

Plural
rooms

A beautiful room
  1. (countable) A room is a place which is part of a building. Someone is able to see other people who are in the same room.
    We need a long, wide room because many people will be at the meeting.
  2. (uncountable) Room can mean some space; a place with nothing, only air.
    I need room to be able to move my arms and not touch people.

Verb[change]

Plain form
room

Third-person singular
rooms

Past tense
roomed

Past participle
roomed

Present participle
rooming

  1. To live in or share a room.
    I roomed with Ryan all four years of college.