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

Example Sentences

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bedsit

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

From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2024

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

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 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

And there never seems enough time to play it when I’m back in my bedsit.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro