n. [ OE. roum, rum, space, AS. rūm; akin to OS., OFries. & Icel. rūm, D. ruim, G. raum, OHG. rūm, Sw. & Dan. rum, Goth. rūms, and to AS. rūm, adj., spacious, D. ruim, Icel. rūmr, Goth. rūms; and prob. to L. rus country (cf. Rural), Zend rava&ndot_;h wide, free, open, ravan a plain. ] 1. Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a house; the table takes up too much room. [ 1913 Webster ] Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. Luke xiv. 22. [ 1913 Webster ] There was no room for them in the inn. Luke ii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A particular portion of space appropriated for occupancy; a place to sit, stand, or lie; a seat. [ 1913 Webster ] If he have but twelve pence in his purse, he will give it for the best room in a playhouse. Overbury. [ 1913 Webster ] When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room. Luke xiv. 8. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Especially, space in a building or ship inclosed or set apart by a partition; an apartment or chamber. [ 1913 Webster ] I found the prince in the next room. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. Place or position in society; office; rank; post; station; also, a place or station once belonging to, or occupied by, another, and vacated. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] When he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod. Matt. ii. 22. [ 1913 Webster ] Neither that I look for a higher room in heaven. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ] Let Bianca take her sister's room. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. Possibility of admission; ability to admit; opportunity to act; fit occasion; as, to leave room for hope. [ 1913 Webster ] There was no prince in the empire who had room for such an alliance. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
Room and space (Shipbuilding), the distance from one side of a rib to the corresponding side of the next rib; space being the distance between two ribs, in the clear, and room the width of a rib. --
To give room, to withdraw; to leave or provide space unoccupied for others to pass or to be seated. --
To make room, to open a space, way, or passage; to remove obstructions; to give room. [ 1913 Webster ] Make room, and let him stand before our face. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Syn. -- Space; compass; scope; latitude. [ 1913 Webster ] | 
