A room is an enclosed space in a house or other building. A room may have any number of doors and windows regulating light, airflow and access to the room. Large rooms are often named halls, small ones closets. Hall may also refer to a long, narrow room which serves purely as an access to other rooms (for example a corridor, a passage, or a hallway). House - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Building is either the act of creating an object assembled from more than one element, or the object itself; see also construction. ... The front door of a house is often decorated to appear inviting. ... A window is an opening in an otherwise solid, opaque surface through which light and sometimes air can pass. ... Prism splitting light Light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength that is visible to the eye (visible light) or, in a technical or scientific context, electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength. ... Layers of Atmosphere (NOAA) Earths atmosphere is a layer of gases surrounding the planet Earth and retained by the Earths gravity. ... Hall has several meanings. ... Wall closet in a residential house in the U.S. A closet (also known as a cupboard in British English) is a small, enclosed space in a house or building used for general storage or hanging clothes. ...

Rooms have specific names based on the purpose they were built for, or are being used for. A room for cooking food, for example, is called a kitchen. See also: Wikibooks Cookbook Cooking is the act of preparing food for consumption. ... A kitchen is a room used for food preparation. ...

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Rooms in a house

Rooms commonly found in houses include:

• Bathroom
• Bedroom
• Dining room
• Kitchen
• Living room
• Great room

Other rooms in houses: A typical American bathroom A bathroom is a room that may have different functions depending on the cultural context it is used in. ... --212. ... A dining room is a room for eating. ... A kitchen is a room used for food preparation. ... I HAVE ONE!!!! A living room (or sitting room, especially in commonwealth English, also called lounge room in Australia) is a room for entertaining guests, reading, watching TV, or other activities. ... A great room is a room that combines the living room, dining room, and kitchen (either fully integrated or seperated by a half-wall or otherwise incomplete barrier) in an effort to make the common zones of a residence seem larger, and to provide a more open floorplan for entertaining. ...

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• Family room
• Recreation room (sometimes shortened to rec room)
• Bonus room
• Study (office, library)
• Laundry room
• Mudroom
• Furnace room
• Workshop
• Basement
• Pantry
• Storage closet
• Walk-in wardrobe

... A family room is an informal living area usually located adjacent to the kitchen. ... A recreation room (also known as a rec room) is a room used for a variety of purposes, such as parties, games and other everyday or casual use. ... A bonus room is a relatively recent term. ... A study is a room in a house which is used for paperwork, computer work, or reading. ... An office is a room or other area in which people work, but may also denote a position within an organisation with specific duties attached to it (see officer, office-holder, official); the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one... Modern-style library In the traditional sense of the word, a library is a collection of books and periodicals. ... A laundry room is a room where clothes are washed. ... Furnace room A Furnace room is a room for locating the furnace and auxillary equipment. ... A workshop is a room or building which provides both the area and tools (or machinery) that may be required for the manufacture or repair of goods. ... A basement is a storey or several storeys of a building that are either completely or partially below the ground floor. ... A pantry is a room in a domestic house used for food storage. ... This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. ...

Other rooms

• Waiting rooms in train stations, bus station and while waiting for an appointment
• A changing or dressing room where a person may try on clothes in a clothing shop
• Schools and other educational establishments use classrooms as a place to teach lessons

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Other meanings

• Room also means needed space.
• In Interactive Fiction ("adventure games"), a room is a basic unit of location. A room might refer to an actual room, but it could also be just part of a room, a field, a section of road, or even an entire world.