"roomful" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more roomful [comparative], most roomful [superlative]
Etymology: room + -ful Etymology templates: {{af|en|room|-ful|pos=adjective}} room + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} roomful (comparative more roomful, superlative most roomful)
  1. Abounding with room or rooms; roomy.
    Sense id: en-roomful-en-adj-R~iopBH- Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 68 13 19 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 4 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

Forms: roomfuls [plural], roomsful [plural]
Etymology: room + -ful Etymology templates: {{suf|en|room|ful|pos=noun}} room + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|s|roomsful}} roomful (plural roomfuls or roomsful)
  1. The amount that a room can hold, especially the number of people that can fit into a room. Translations (the amount that a room can hold): lán seomra [masculine] (Irish), chambrée [Jersey, feminine] (Norman)
    Sense id: en-roomful-en-noun-HlRdTQu7 Categories (other): English nouns suffixed with -ful Disambiguation of English nouns suffixed with -ful: 56 44 Disambiguation of 'the amount that a room can hold': 89 11
  2. The people in a room, considered as a group.
    Sense id: en-roomful-en-noun-KaKXyUW1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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