bedroom
Americannoun
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bedrooms
plural
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
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I also opted out of letting the robots into my bathroom and bedroom, a choice that Tau provides customers by default.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
"It was a really hard time," she said, fearing she would have to move back in with her parents, into her childhood bedroom.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Newer listeners to Wolf’s alt-rock sound might be surprised to hear that in these early years, Wolf was singing, and occasionally rapping, over Billie Eilish-era bedroom pop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
She said Dr Cain was "found in an upstairs bedroom not breathing, not conscious".
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
My dad’s voice snaps me out of my thoughts and back into my bedroom, where I’m holding the flyer that’s made me so pensive.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Savage hopes the party will help people fall in love with queer and trans DJs who usually create music in their bedrooms and rarely get to play their music to the club.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
All four of the home’s bedrooms are quite spacious, with the primary suite acting as a peaceful retreat.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Nearby, the ultra-private Villa Maçakizi feels more like a manor home than a hotel, with 10 bedrooms and an infinity pool overlooking the bay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The findings could eventually lead to aroma products made from Hinoki roots for bedrooms and other spaces intended for relaxation.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Everything they need in one open space downstairs, two bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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