Collocations for "room"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "room" in context.
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room
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [dining, spare, utility, toy, games, family] room
- [an open, a separate] living room
- can stay in [our, the] guest room
- a [single, double, triple, family] room
- a [small, large, huge, sizeable, generous, tiny] room
- a [sparse, cluttered, tidy, organized, minimal] room
- [enough, more than enough, sufficient] room
- do you have enough room (back) there?
- the [house, property] has six rooms
- have a room to rent out
- rent out a room
- rent a room out
- the room is [$300] per month
- this is the room for [storage, playing, ironing]
- there's plenty of room for [more, improvement, storage]
- there's room to [sleep, fit] six
- there's no room (in here)
- not (even) (enough) room to swing a cat
- needs room to [move, run around, maneuver]
- need to make room for the [chairs, guests, tables]
- it was standing room only on the [train, bus]
- the [concert, gig, performance] is standing room only
- this [desk, table, TV] takes up a lot of room
- a room with a [great, mountain, sea] view
- booked a room on the [ground, second, top] floor
- the whole room [laughed, cried, applauded, cheered]
- have a room reservation (for)
- call room service
- US: room with my [friend, brother]
- US: the [friends, siblings, two] are rooming together
- US: we roomed together (in college)
- US: roomed (together) to [save money, have some company]
'room' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
accent
- adequate
- air
- all
- aloud
- ample
- anticipation
- anyhow
- anywhere
- appliance
- appointed
- armchair
- arrange
- arrangement
- ashtray
- aside
- aspect
- atmosphere
- attic
- back
- balcony
- banter
- basement
- beam
- bench
- bland
- bleak
- boar
- boiler
- bolt
- book
- bow
- boy
- breath
- breathing
- breeze
- briefing
- bright
- bunk
- burst
- bustle
- busy
- cabinet
- call
- campus
- candle
- carpet
- carry
- ceiling
- center