"elbow room" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-elbow room.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} elbow room (uncountable)
  1. Room or space in which to move or maneuver. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: elbowroom Translations (room or space in which to move or maneuver): 空間 (Chinese Mandarin), 空间 (kōngjiān) (Chinese Mandarin), albuerum [neuter] (Danish), kyynärpäätila (Finnish), place [feminine] (French), espace [masculine] (French), Ellbogenfreiheit [feminine] (German), mozgástér (Hungarian), libertà di manovra (Italian), 余地 (yochi) (alt: よち) (Japanese), 余裕 (yoyū) (alt: よゆう) (Japanese), albuerom [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), alburom [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), olbogerom [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), przestrzeń [feminine] (Polish), miejsce [neuter] (Polish), armbågsrum [neuter] (Swedish), svängrum [neuter] (Swedish), utrymme [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-elbow_room-en-noun-jG-D~uBR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of 'room or space in which to move or maneuver': 100 0
  2. (figurative) Freedom or leeway. Tags: figuratively, uncountable Translations (freedom or leeway): 自由度 (zìyóudù) (Chinese Mandarin), 餘地 (Chinese Mandarin), 余地 (yúdì) (Chinese Mandarin), 退路 (tuìlù) (Chinese Mandarin), albuerum [neuter] (Danish), tila (Finnish), liberté d’action [feminine] (French), marge de manœuvre [feminine] (French), Bewegungsfreiheit [feminine] (German), Ellbogenfreiheit [feminine] (German), Spielraum [masculine] (German), mozgástér (Hungarian), libertà di manovra (Italian), 余地 (yochi) (alt: よち) (Japanese), 自由裁量 (jiyūsairyō) (alt: じゆうさいりょう) (Japanese), elbow room (english: elbow room) (Korean), albuerom [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), alburom [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), olbogerom [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), swoboda [feminine] (Polish), svängrum [neuter] (Swedish), spelrum [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-elbow_room-en-noun-rMGshXTB Disambiguation of 'freedom or leeway': 0 100

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      "lang": "Korean",
      "sense": "freedom or leeway",
      "word": "elbow room"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "freedom or leeway",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "albuerom"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "freedom or leeway",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "alburom"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "freedom or leeway",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "olbogerom"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "freedom or leeway",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "swoboda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "freedom or leeway",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "svängrum"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "freedom or leeway",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "spelrum"
    }
  ],
  "word": "elbow room"
}

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