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BREATHING ROOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does breathing room mean? 

BREATHING ROOM (noun)
  The noun BREATHING ROOM has 1 sense:

1. sufficient room for easy breathing or movementplay

  Familiarity information: BREATHING ROOM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BREATHING ROOM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Sufficient room for easy breathing or movement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

breathing room; breathing space

Context example:

moved to the country to find breathing room

Hypernyms ("breathing room" is a kind of...):

elbow room; room; way (space for movement)


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