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guest room

American  
Or guestroom

noun

  • guest rooms
    plural
  1. a room for the lodging of guests.


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Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of guest room

First recorded in 1630–40


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Down the book-lined hallway is an office, guest room and bathroom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

The garden level holds a media room, guest room, laundry room and a cedar-lined 636-bottle wine cellar carved from one of the home’s original eccentricities: a secret tunnel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

During Thanksgiving week, from the soft neutral cocoon of my parents’ guest room, I burrowed into an impulsive rewatch of the BBC “Sherlock” — yes, the Benedict Cumberbatch era, all sculptural cheekbones and good outerwear.

From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2025

“Skylights and a private terrace off the guest room make this an intimate and tranquil retreat, as perfect as it is distinct from the ornate character of the six floors below,” the description stated.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2025

She held on to it with one hand and bumped against the door of the guest room, pushing it as if she had forgotten how to open it, before she went in.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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