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
Example Sentences
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The couple ditched a third bedroom and turned the second floor into a multipurpose space for their grandkids to stick to their budget.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Noth’s bedroom offers a more pared-back aesthetic, with enough space to accommodate a king-sized bed, while the adjoining full bathroom features marble finishes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Catherine Walker, 47, was the legal guardian of the boy, who was found unresponsive in his bedroom in Warsop, Nottinghamshire, on 16 December 2024.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Then, abruptly, he was returned to his childhood bedroom, a healthy 17-year-old again.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
I’m guessing she’s at Dad’s office, which has become her makeshift bedroom.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
In addition to seven bedrooms and 20 bathrooms, the stately interiors include multiple dining rooms, lounges and a walnut-paneled library.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
It has five bedrooms and three bathrooms, including two suites.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
The soft-purple 1889 house, tucked along a tree-lined street a few blocks from Harvard Yard, spans 6,321 square feet, with six bedrooms and six bathrooms.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
The median sale price of a single-family home with two bedrooms or less was $265,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Two bedrooms, one for the adults and one for the boys.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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