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roomful

[ room-fool, room- ]

noun

plural roomfuls.
  1. an amount or number sufficient to fill a room.


roomful

/ ˈrʊm-; ˈruːmfʊl /

noun

  1. a number or quantity sufficient to fill a room

    a 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
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Spelling Note

See -ful.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of roomful1

First recorded in 1700–10; room + -ful
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Example Sentences

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Ask a roomful of nonnas for their take on the perfect Sunday gravy — each with her own self-assured, no-nonsense stance — and you’ll get just as many takes on baked spaghetti.

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And yet having a Black queer woman speak about this and other horrific developments to a roomful of journalists is simply too divisive.

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Awards where he charmed a roomful of movie journalists by whipping out a film review he had written in high school.

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ever other dark stuff is happening in late January in the United States, know that you can still go hear “Baddy on the Floor” with a roomful of jubilant friends.

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“Although we sisters are supposed to be invisible, God has nevertheless given us eyes and ears,” she announces to a roomful of cardinals during an especially brutal torpedoing session.

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