bedroom

[bed-room, -room]

noun

1. a room furnished and used for sleeping.

adjective

1. concerned mainly with love affairs or sex.

   The movie is a typical bedroom comedy.

2. 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.

3. inhabited largely by commuters.

   a bedroom community.

4. (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.

bedroom

/ -ˌrʊm, ˈbɛdˌruːm /

noun

1. a room furnished with beds or used for sleeping

2. (modifier) containing references to sex

   a bedroom comedy

Word History and Origins

Origin of bedroom¹

First recorded in 1580–90; bed + room

Example Sentences

Bedtime with crime I’ll take Bobby out before bed and then we will go into the master bedroom.

From Los Angeles Times

Therein, we find Swift superstitiously "knocking on wood" that their relationship will last, and knocking wood in the bedroom, in an unexpected homage to her fiancé's "manhood".

From BBC

Across the hallway, in her bedroom, his oldest daughter, Rahaf, 14, writes in a neat notebook, carefully practising her fourth language, French.

From BBC

She demonstrated an affinity for nature from a young age, filling her bedroom with worms and sea snails that she rushed back to their natural homes after her mother told her they would otherwise die.

From Los Angeles Times

As I wheeled my cleaning trolley round the corridors, I was acutely aware of pleading faces peering out of bedrooms, hoping for a few minutes of company and conversation.

From BBC

Related Words

• chamber 
• cubicle