how to pronounce room

/ˈɹum/

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room is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of room in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… if it has the room to expand that means …”

meanings of room

noun:

Space for something, or to carry out an activity.
A particular portion of space.
A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings.
Sufficient space for or to do something.
A space between the timbers of a ship's frame.
Opportunity or scope (to do something).
Place; stead.
Place or position in society; office; rank; post, sometimes when vacated by its former occupant.
A quantity of Furniture sufficient to furnish one room.
Alternative form of roum (“deep blue dye").
An area for working in a coal mine.
Bedroom.
A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling.
The people in a room.
A portion of a cave that is wider than a passage.
A IRC or chat room.

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