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elbowroom

elbowroom is the alternative form of elbow room.

Meaning of elbow room

Noun

elbow room (uncountable)

  1. Room (space) in which to move or maneuver.
    • There wasn't that much elbow room in the aircraft.
  2. (figuratively) Freedom or leeway.
    • The employees really don't have much elbow room in which to explore new ideas.

Origin of elbowroom

From elbow + room.

Questions about elbowroom

What is elbowroom the alternative form of?
Elbowroom is the alternative form of elbow room.

Words near elbowroom in the dictionary

  1. Elbowgate
  2. elbowing
  3. elbowings
  4. elbowless
  5. elbowlike
  6. elbowroom
  7. elbows
  8. elbows up
  9. elbowy
  10. Elbrus
  11. Elburg

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Adapted from Wiktionary: elbowroom (page history and authors); elbow room (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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