bedsit

American  

[bed-sit] / ˈbɛdˌsɪt /

Or 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.

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bedsit British  

/ ˈbɛdˌsɪt /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of bedsit

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

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Example Sentences

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bedsit

“Back in the day it was ‘My bedsit, London.’

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

The house, in Uplands, Swansea, was restored in 2005 to how it would have looked when Dylan Thomas lived there, after previously being used as a student bedsit.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2023

Colwin was known in life as in writing for her cheer and bonhomie, as well as her ability to create a dinner party in the smallest bedsit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2023

Virago began in Ms. Callil’s apartment, an attic bedsit off the King’s Road.

From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2022

Here in my bedsit, I’ve got these four desk-lamps, each a different colour, but all the same design—they have these ribbed necks you can bend whichever way you want.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

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