roomful

Etymology 1

room + -ful

noun

  1. The amount that a room can hold, especially the number of people that can fit into a room.
    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. 1974, Artforum, volume 13, numbers 4-10, page 35
  2. The people in a room, considered as a group.

Etymology 2

room + -ful

adj

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

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