bedroom
Americannoun
adjective
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concerned mainly with love affairs or sex.
The movie is a typical bedroom comedy.
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sexually inviting; amorous.
With her husky voice and sultry bedroom eyes, who wouldn't fall for her?
He gave me a slow, seductive bedroom smile.
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inhabited largely by commuters.
a bedroom community.
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(of a musician) producing amateur recordings using home studio equipment.
Her rise from shy bedroom recording artist to sold-out shows and pop star confidence has been amazing.
noun
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a room furnished with beds or used for sleeping
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(modifier) containing references to sex
a bedroom comedy
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of bedroom
Explanation
A bedroom is a room in a house for the bed, so it’s mainly used for sleeping. If you live in a one-bedroom apartment, it has exactly one room for the bed. To sound old fashioned, call it your bedchamber. If your home has three bedrooms, you can describe it as a "three-bedroom house." While you might do homework, watch TV, or even entertain friends in your bedroom, it probably has a bed in it, and the main purpose of the room is sleeping. You can also use the term "bedroom community" to mean a suburb — a town that's close enough to a city that people can commute there for work and come back to their own bedrooms at night.
Vocabulary lists containing bedroom
Example Sentences
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It ran from the side of the home into the chauffeur’s bedroom, accessed through a disguised panel in a shower wall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
My earliest memories of slurping those warm, squiggly noodles are from sick days spent nestled under the sheets in my childhood bedroom.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
Within the exhibition halls, a bedroom, living room and kitchen -- complete with a glass jug, coffee pot, and spice containers -- recreate details of daily life in the homes of southern Lebanese residents.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
The building has a kitchenette, bedroom and bathroom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
I go into Bubbe’s bedroom and look around.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
The gated community is made up of more than 100 two-story homes, each with two to three bedrooms and an average price ranging from $500,000 to $610,000, according to property records.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Situated on nearly 4 acres, the 1740 home features five bedrooms, a pond and plenty of space for entertaining.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The brick abode features five bedrooms across 6,516 square feet on over 6 acres.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
It has planning permission secured for a further 470 homes, ranging from two bedrooms up to five.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Upstairs there were four bedrooms: one for our mother and father, one for the boys, one for us girls, and an extra one.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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