Wide; spacious; roomy.
Far; at a distance; wide, in space or extent; in nautical use, off from the wind.
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A deep-blue dye like indigo, obtained by maceration from the shrub Strobilanthes flaccidifolius (Ruellia indigotica, etc.); also, the plant itself, which is native and cultivated in India, Burma, and China.
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Dandruff.
To occupy a room or rooms; lodge: as, he rooms at No. 7.
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In coal-mining, a breast; a chamber.
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In salt-making, one of the large stationary pans in which the brine from a salt-well is placed to allow the water to evaporate.
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In wood ship-building, the empty space between two adjacent frames of a wooden ship.
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Space; compass; extent of space, great or small: as, here is room enough for an army.
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Space or place unoccupied or unobstructed; place for reception of any thing or person; accommodation for entering or for moving about: as, to make room for a carriage to pass.
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Fit occasion; opportunity; freedom to admit or indulge: as, in this case there is no room for doubt or for argument.
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Place or station once occupied by another; stead, as in succession or substitution: as, one magistrate or king comes in the room of a former one.
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Any inclosure or division separated by partitions from other parts of a house or other structure; a chamber; an apartment; a compartment; a cabin, or the like: as, a drawing-room; a bedroom; a state-room in a ship; an engine-room in a factory; a harness-room in a stable.
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Particular place or station; a seat.
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A box or seat in a theater.
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Family; company.
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Office; post; position.
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A fishing-station; also, an establishment for curing fish.
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A heading or working-place in a coal-mine.
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The stomach: as, to fill the blubber-room (to take a hearty meal). [Whalers' slang.]
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Synonyms Capacity, scope, latitude, range, sweep, swing, play.