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roomful en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From room + -ful.

Meanings

1. The amount that a room can hold, especially the number of people that can fit into a room.
   • Bengston doing a roomful of painting is like Joe Willie Namath doing a gameful of curl patterns, Jason Robards doing an eveningful of O'Neill, Tina Turner doing a concertful of. . . . and so on. 1974, Artforum, volume 13, numbers 4-10, page 35:
2. The people in a room, considered as a group.

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Translations (2)

nrf chambrée (the amount that a room can hold) · ga lán seomra (the amount that a room can hold)

roomful en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

From room + -ful.

Meanings

1. Abounding with room or rooms; roomy.
   • A roomful house. 1612, John Donne, Of the Progress of the Soul—The Second Anniversery:

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