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roomful

[ room-foo l, roo m- ]

/ ˈrum fʊl, ˈrʊm- /

noun, plural room·fuls.

an amount or number sufficient to fill a room.

Origin of roomful

First recorded in 1700–10; room + -ful

usage note for roomful

See -ful.

Words nearby roomful

room service, room temperature, room-and-pillar, roomer, roomette, roomful, roomie, rooming house, rooming-in, roommate, roomy

Example sentences from the Web for roomful

He did not want to tell a roomful of hard partisans that their ideology is unworkable.

Romney and FEMA: Read Between the Lines |David Frum |October 29, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
A roomful of women in that room encouraged us to keep going.

Soccket Rockets: The Next Chapter | |September 23, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Getting caught on video doing it in a roomful of rich donors is downright sloppy.

Undecided Voters Are a Menace |Michelle Cottle |September 23, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
A man in a crowded Colorado movie theater randomly executing a roomful of total strangers including women and children?

The Aurora Shooting Made One Prominent Hollywood Producer Too Scared to Go to The Multiplex |Rick Schwartz |August 26, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

Ramin Setoodeh went and found a roomful of adults in Jurassic Park costumes.

Macaulay Culkin’s Life After Fame |Ramin Setoodeh |June 19, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
"Oh, I don't mean these boys," said Elvira, waving her thin arms scornfully around the roomful.

Ben Pepper |Margaret Sidney
Whoso had met and managed a roomful of merciless children can easily face a woman's club.

What Diantha Did |Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Then he shut up his pencil, and leaning back in his chair once more glanced round at the roomful of people.

Mr. Marx's Secret |E. Phillips Oppenheim
How much longer do you reckon that roomful of old women will gabble in Richmond?

The Battle Ground |Ellen Glasgow
He ran his fingers through his hair, which was short, and his eyes wandered wildly round the roomful of cats.

The Strand Magazine |Various

British Dictionary definitions for roomful

roomful

/ (ˈruːmfʊl, ˈrʊm-) /

noun plural -fuls

a number or quantity sufficient to fill a room a roomful of furniture