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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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Etymology

Origin of guest room

First recorded in 1630–40

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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

Another enormous en-suite guest room boasts its own fireplace, while two additional bedrooms located on the other side of the dwelling share their own private sitting room.

From MarketWatch Jun. 8, 2026

If you can, set up a portion of your hotel room or your guest room so it looks and smells familiar to your dog by placing its mat, bowls and toys in similar places.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 25, 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

He pressed his ear against the guest room door.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

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