headroom

noun

head·​room ˈhed-ˌrüm How to pronounce headroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
: vertical space in which to stand, sit, or move

Examples of headroom in a Sentence

He's looking for a car with a lot of headroom.
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The bedroom is situated on the opposite side of the tiny house to the living room and, since the layout is all on one level, has ample headroom to stand upright. — Adam Williams, New Atlas, 10 Mar. 2025 This travel stroller is my favorite for taller kids, since there's more headroom than other strollers. — Nena Farrell, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2025 Its future is certainly bright, providing deterministic connectivity, scale and security for today’s highly dynamic application demands as well as headroom for future requirements. — Will Townsend, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025 Hence, should Parkinson achieve the remarkable by leading Wrexham to a third successive promotion in May, there’s surely going to be scope to push on again considering how much headroom the club should have in terms of PSR. — Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for headroom

Word History

First Known Use

1762, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of headroom was in 1762

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