standing room
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Space in a public area, e.g. on public transport or at a sports or entertainment venue, for people to stand
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The bus was packed, and all standing room was taken."
- "The cars will have standing room so that they can handle heavy in-town traffic on the tunnel sections of the Metropolitan and Circle Lines between Finchley Road and Aldgate."
- "Since then we have had the opportunity to travel in them and were much impressed by the internal styling and comfort of the seating (with the minor exception of the single seats which have been tucked in longitudinally alongside some of the entrance vestibules and which are so cramped that only the slimmest of female figures could be comfortable in them; the space they occupy would have been better utilised to increase standing room)."