Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

footroom

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: foot-room
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Space for a person's feet, especially while seated.

Uncountable

noun

Extra bandwidth for lower-than-expected values.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Drivers say there's insufficient footroom; the brake and accelerator pedals are mounted too close to each other; narrow, poorly cushioned seats lack sufficient thigh support; […]"
"[…] the difference between signal-to-noise ratio and overload reserve (headroom) as well as noise (safety) margin (footroom)."
"To accommodate footroom, the number representation must allow negative numbers."
"Footroom – the range of code values in the blacks of an image that encompass the variations in grain or noise."

Etymology

From foot + room.

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

legroom elbow room headroom breathing room yardroom

Questions

What does footroom mean?: Space for a person's feet, especially while seated.
Where does footroom come from?: From foot + room.

How to pronounce footroom

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