bedsit

Or bed-sit

[bed-sit]

noun

British.

1. a one-room apartment that combines into the one area a bedroom, living room, and often kitchen facilities.

   My bedsit has a handy little kitchen, but I do have to share a bathroom with other tenants.

bedsit

/ ˈbɛdˌsɪt /

noun

1. Also called: bedsitter.  bedsitting room. a furnished sitting room containing sleeping accommodation and sometimes cooking and washing facilities

Word History and Origins

Origin of bedsit¹

First recorded in 1935–40; shortening of bed-sitting room

Example Sentences

The sequel focuses on Dolphin, 33, still looking after her mum and feeling dejected with life living in a bedsit and working at a tattoo parlour.

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After exchanging messages, Emma said they went on several dates before he invited her to his bedsit.

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"His health is deteriorating, and he struggles to breathe so we currently have our living room set up like a bedsit."

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In his bedsit in west London, another of Obada's brothers, Nada, 25, kept glancing at his phone.

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Having suffered a number of strokes, she told the BBC she was finding it difficult to cover the rent at her bedsit.

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