Houseroom
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈhaʊsɹuːm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Houseroom is a noun meaning (uncountable) Room or place in a house.
Meaning
(uncountable) Room or place in a house.
More Meanings
- (countable) A room dedicated for the use of a particular house at a boarding school.
Example Sentences
‘But go thy waies to him, and fro me say, / That here is at his gate an errant Knight, / That house-room craves […].’
1786, Frederick Pilon, He Would Be a Soldier, London: G.G.J. & J. Robinson, Act III, p. 38, […] she has more old figures than is worth house room.
And, Mr. Farfrae, as you provide so much, and houseroom, and all that, I’ll do my part in the drinkables, and see to the rum and schiedam—maybe a dozen jars will be sufficient?
[…] it would make a man mad of our profession, especially to be buz’d in the Ears with your Honesty or Plain-dealing, as if you were turned their Advocate, and went about to perswade us to give them House room.
Word Forms
- houserooms
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include room, quarter, roomth, house, roomer, housing.
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