Room

(29), n. [A-S. rûm, O. Sax., O. Fries., L. Ger., Icel., Sw., & Dan. rûm, Goth. rūms, D. ruim, ruimte, equivalent to A-S. rymet, O. H. Ger. rūmi, N. H. Ger. raum.] 1. Space which has been set apart or appropriated to any purpose; space which may be occupied or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small. Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. Luke xiv. 22. I have yet room for six scotches. Shak. 2. Especially, space in a building marked off or set apart by a partition; an apartment in a house. I found the prince in the next room. Shak.

3. Hence, a box or seat in a theater. [Obs.] “If he sit in the twelve-penny room.” Marston.
4. Place or position in society; place or station once occupied by another; office; rank; post; position. [Obs.] “Neither that I look for a higher room in heaven.” Tyndale.

Let Bianca take her sister’s room. Shak. 5. Possibility of admission; ability to admit; freedom to act; fit occasion. There was no prince of the empire who had room for such an alliance. Addison.

6. Place unobstructed; as, make room.
7. Place or stead left by another; as, in the room of.
8. A fishing station in the British North American Provinces. Simmonds.

To give room, to withdraw; to leave space unoccupied for others to pass or to be seated. — To make room, to open a space, way, or passage; to remove obstructions. Syn. — Space; compass; scope; latitude.