roomful
Etymology 1
room + -ful
noun
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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 -
The people in a room, considered as a group.
Etymology 2
room + -ful
adj
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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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