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rom — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • chamber noun A room, especially a formal or private one, such as in a palace, court, or legislative building.
  • room noun A separate enclosed space within a building, with its own walls, floor, and ceiling.
  • rum noun A strong alcoholic spirit distilled from sugarcane juice or molasses.
  • space noun The vast expanse beyond Earth's atmosphere where stars, planets, and other celestial bodies exist.

Senses

rom is used for these senses in English:

  • chamber A room or set of rooms, particularly:
  • room (archaic) A particular portion of space. [from 11th c.]
  • room (countable) A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling. [from 15th c.]
  • rum (uncountable) A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.
  • space A physical extent across two or three dimensions (sometimes for or to do something). [from 14thc.]
  • space (countable, mathematics) A generalized construct or set whose members have some property in common; typically there will be a geometric metaphor allowing these members to be viewed as "points". Often used with a restricting modifier describing the members (e.g. vector space), or indicating the inventor of the construct (e.g. Hilbert space). [from 20thc.]

chamber — full definition

  1. noun A room, especially a formal or private one, such as in a palace, court, or legislative building.
  2. noun An enclosed space or cavity, such as in a gun or a piece of machinery.
  3. verb To load a round of ammunition into the firing position of a gun.

room — full definition

  1. noun A separate enclosed space within a building, with its own walls, floor, and ceiling.
  2. noun Available space for something, whether physical or figurative.
  3. verb To live somewhere as a tenant or lodger, often sharing with others.

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