: one of two or more persons sharing the same room or living quarters
called also roomie
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The club is also an escape — from everyday interruptions, guilt and temptation, families, roommates, babies and pets — and a chance to surrender to the promise and tease of the first sentence of a new book.
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Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
What made the original Model M keyboards so special was their unique buckling spring mechanism, which made a loud and chunky sound with every keypress that was oh-so-pleasing to the ear (and the bane of many co-workers, roommates, and spouses).
—Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 29 May 2024
Olivia Wertheimer, a multi-media artist who uses a cane and suffers from fibromyalgia, said her roommate, who has even less mobility, has not left the apartment in a week.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 29 May 2024
That four-week trial ended Tuesday afternoon when Dwayne Bryan Evans, 33, was convicted of first-degree murder and related charges in the 2018 killing of his roommate, Eric Spells.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2024
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Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
What made the original Model M keyboards so special was their unique buckling spring mechanism, which made a loud and chunky sound with every keypress that was oh-so-pleasing to the ear (and the bane of many co-workers, roommates, and spouses).
—Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 29 May 2024
Olivia Wertheimer, a multi-media artist who uses a cane and suffers from fibromyalgia, said her roommate, who has even less mobility, has not left the apartment in a week.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 29 May 2024
That four-week trial ended Tuesday afternoon when Dwayne Bryan Evans, 33, was convicted of first-degree murder and related charges in the 2018 killing of his roommate, Eric Spells.
—Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2024
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roommate
noun
room·mate
ˈrüm-ˌmāt 
ˈru̇m-
: one of two or more persons sharing a room or dwelling
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