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[ room-fool, room- ] / ˈrum fʊl, ˈrʊm- /
noun, plural room·fuls.an amount or number sufficient to fill a room. Origin of roomfulFirst recorded in 1700–10; room + -ful usage note for roomfulSee -ful. Words nearby roomfulroom clerk, room divider, roomer, roomette, room father, roomful, roomie, rooming house, rooming-in, roommate, room mother Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for roomfulHe did not want to tell a roomful of hard partisans that their ideology is unworkable. Romney and FEMA: Read Between the Lines|David Frum|October 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST A roomful of women in that room encouraged us to keep going. Soccket Rockets: The Next Chapter||September 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST Getting caught on video doing it in a roomful of rich donors is downright sloppy. Undecided Voters Are a Menace|Michelle Cottle|September 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST A man in a crowded Colorado movie theater randomly executing a roomful of total strangers including women and children? The Aurora Shooting Made One Prominent Hollywood Producer Too Scared to Go to The Multiplex|Rick Schwartz|August 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Ramin Setoodeh went and found a roomful of adults in Jurassic Park costumes. Macaulay Culkin’s Life After Fame|Ramin Setoodeh|June 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST "Oh, I don't mean these boys," said Elvira, waving her thin arms scornfully around the roomful. Ben Pepper|Margaret Sidney Whoso had met and managed a roomful of merciless children can easily face a woman's club. What Diantha Did|Charlotte Perkins Gilman Then he shut up his pencil, and leaning back in his chair once more glanced round at the roomful of people. Mr. Marx's Secret|E. Phillips Oppenheim How much longer do you reckon that roomful of old women will gabble in Richmond? The Battle Ground|Ellen Glasgow He ran his fingers through his hair, which was short, and his eyes wandered wildly round the roomful of cats. The Strand Magazine|Various
British Dictionary definitions for roomful
noun plural -fulsa number or quantity sufficient to fill a rooma roomful of furniture Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |