room numbers

Hotel hallway identifiers

Room numbers are the numerical designations assigned to individual rooms in buildings like hotels, hospitals, offices, and apartment complexes.

They typically follow a system where the first digit indicates the floor: Room 412 is on the fourth floor.

Room numbers help with navigation, mail delivery, and emergency response.

In hotels, certain numbers may be skipped due to superstition—many buildings have no room 13 or any room ending in 13.

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front desk · door · key · plaque · digits · lobby · reservation · checkout · bellhop · corridor · adjacent · occupancy · vacancy · no vacancy · housekeeping · elevator · penthouse · guest

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spatial identification system

room numbersstreet addresses

Building identification numbers

GPS coordinates · street names

specificity of location

room numberscommon areas

Shared-use zones in buildings

hallways · corridors · public spaces

Family

room, rooms, roomed, rooming, roommate, roommates, roomy, roomier, roomiest

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G