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headroom

headroom

2 4.6
The space above your head in a room or car that lets you stand comfortably
  • noun
  • /ˈhɛdˌrum/
translation icon : altura libre
  • With 7 feet of headroom, the garage can easily accommodate larger vehicles without issues.
  • headroom and legroom
  • inches of headroom
  • rear headroom

Examples

  • The larger Global 7000 cabin will be 59.6 feet long by 6.92 feet wide and provide 6.25 feet of headroom.

    Blog text (14)

  • You would have to take out the top two floors of the house to have this much vertical headroom.

    Blog text (23)

  • The unit requires 13 in. of headroom space in line.

    Academic text (1997)

  • So, dogs get 6 extra inches of headroom and 6 extra inches in which to turn around.

    Blog text (30)

  • After a few minutes, the tunnel eventually widened and gave Gamay more headroom.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Headroom and legroom are sufficient, even for 6-foot-plus guys.

    Blog text (29)

  • By contrast, the G650 cabin is 46 feet 10 inches long and 8 feet 6 inches wide, with 6 feet 5 inches of headroom.

    Blog text (14)

  • Luckily, the slope had decent traction and there was sufficient headroom so that we could stand upright and shuffle downward, our free hands braced on the ceiling.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • The new apartment has plenty of headroom, allowing tall people to walk around comfortably.

  • The tent provided ample headroom, making it easy for everyone to stand up inside.

Synonyms

clearance
vsheadroom
9 3.0

The height under something that lets people or vehicles pass

focuses on comfort and usable space rather than strict safety measurement
headway
vsheadroom
  • Specialized
1 6.7

Space above the road under a bridge or roof that lets tall vehicles pass

emphasizes comfortable clearance for people or objects rather than only unobstructed passage

Compounds

dynamic headroom
  • Specialized
6.8

Ability of audio equipment to handle short loud sounds without distortion

How High

headroom
2 4.6
clearance
9 3.0

Surface Forms

headroom singular
headrooms plural

Morphology

headroom = head + room (transparent) = head + room

A direct compound meaning 'space for the head'; learners can readily infer the meaning from 'head' + 'room'.

Etymology

Headroom is simply head ('top of your body') plus room ('space'), so it literally means the space above your head. That's why headroom is the vertical space that lets you stand or pass without bumping the top.