Definition

1. Noun:
   • A quantity or amount that fills a room: "roomful" refers to the total number of people or the total amount of things that a room can contain or hold.
   • A room and its contents: It can also describe the room itself along with the people or things that are filling it.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • A roomful of people cheered for the announcement. (An entire room filled with people cheered for the announcement.)
  • The library contained a roomful of ancient books. (The library contained a quantity of ancient books that filled a room.)
  • She walked into a roomful of smoke. (She walked into a room that was completely full of smoke.)

Advanced Usage

• "a roomful of": This is the standard construction used to specify what is filling the room.
  • He had to address a roomful of skeptical investors. (He had to speak to an entire room filled with skeptical investors.)
• Used to emphasize a large, contained quantity within a single space.
  • The donation drive collected a roomful of toys for the children's hospital. (The donation drive collected so many toys they would fill a room.)

Variants and Related Words

• Room (n): An enclosed space within a building.
  • The meeting will be held in the conference room.
• -ful (suffix): A suffix meaning "full of" or "the amount that fills." Other examples include "handful," "spoonful," and "houseful."

Synonyms

• Crowd: A large number of people gathered together.
• Multitude: A great number of people or things.
• Host: A large number of people or things.

Notes on Meaning

• "Roomful" is a collective noun. It treats the contents of the room as a single unit or quantity.
• The word inherently implies that the room is full or very crowded, not just partially occupied.

Noun

1. the quantity a room will hold