roomful

English

Etymology 1

room + -ful

Noun

roomful (plural roomfuls or roomsful)

  1. The amount that a room can hold, especially the number of people that can fit into a room.
    • 1974, Artforum, volume 13, numbers 4-10, page 35:
      Bengston doing a roomful of painting is like Joe Willie Namath doing a gameful of curl patterns, Jason Robards doing an eveningful of O'Neill, Tina Turner doing a concertful of. . . . and so on.
  2. The people in a room, considered as a group.
Translations

Etymology 2

room + -ful

Adjective

roomful (comparative more roomful, superlative most roomful)

  1. Abounding with room or rooms; roomy.
    • 1612, John Donne, Of the Progress of the Soul—The Second Anniversery:
      A roomful house.
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