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houseroom
house·room H0301300 (hous′ro͞om′, -ro͝om′)n. Space or accommodation in or as if in a house.houseroom (ˈhaʊsˌrʊm; -ˌruːm) n1. room for storage or lodging2. give something houseroom (used with a negative) to have or keep something in one's house: I wouldn't give that vase houseroom. house•room (ˈhaʊsˌrum, -ˌrʊm)
n. lodging in a house. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | houseroom - space for accommodation in a house; "I wouldn't give that table houseroom"elbow room, room, way - space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around" |
Translationshouseroom
house roomInvolvement with someone or something. Often used in the negative phrase "not give house room," meaning to avoid someone or something due to wariness. Our group simply will not give house room to close-minded people like that.See also: house, roomnot give (someone or something) houseroomold-fashioned To completely reject or disdain someone or something; to refuse to have or entertain someone or something. While I admire his confidence in his own writing, by not giving criticisms houseroom, he's actually depriving himself of a valuable insight into how to refine his work. I simply don't give people like that houseroom. They're not welcome around me, and I in turn have nothing to do with them.See also: give, houseroom, notnot give something houseroom be unwilling to have or consider something. British The word houseroom , dating from the late 16th century, literally means ‘lodging or accommodation in a house’. 1986 Liz Lochhead True Confessions Course I do get the Woman and the Woman's Own plus I swap Options for the Cosmopolitan off our Joy. I wouldn't give Woman's Realm houseroom. See also: give, houseroom, not, somethingnot give somebody/something ˈhouseroom (British English) not want somebody/something in your house because you dislike or do not approve of it/them; completely reject somebody/something: I wouldn’t give that ugly old furniture houseroom. ♢ She won’t give any of these theories houseroom.See also: give, houseroom, not, somebody, somethinghouseroom
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