bedroom
Americannoun
adjective
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concerned mainly with love affairs or sex.
The movie is a typical bedroom comedy.
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sexually inviting; amorous.
With her husky voice and sultry bedroom eyes, who wouldn't fall for her?
He gave me a slow, seductive bedroom smile.
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inhabited largely by commuters.
a bedroom community.
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(of a musician) producing amateur recordings using home studio equipment.
Her rise from shy bedroom recording artist to sold-out shows and pop star confidence has been amazing.
noun
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a room furnished with beds or used for sleeping
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(modifier) containing references to sex
a bedroom comedy
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of bedroom
Explanation
A bedroom is a room in a house for the bed, so it’s mainly used for sleeping. If you live in a one-bedroom apartment, it has exactly one room for the bed. To sound old fashioned, call it your bedchamber. If your home has three bedrooms, you can describe it as a "three-bedroom house." While you might do homework, watch TV, or even entertain friends in your bedroom, it probably has a bed in it, and the main purpose of the room is sleeping. You can also use the term "bedroom community" to mean a suburb — a town that's close enough to a city that people can commute there for work and come back to their own bedrooms at night.
Vocabulary lists containing bedroom
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This applied to rearranging my childhood bedroom furniture after reading about feng shui in a magazine, redoing my makeup when we were already late and, eventually, cooking.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
To demonstrate, Weger starts layering a mannequin in her bedroom, picking from racks of clothes, handbags, color-coordinated shoes and jewelry nearby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
The property is on the market for $26.8, featuring a 14,000-square-foot mansion with eight bedroom suites and materials imported from Italy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
When the friend arrived to Katherine’s home, she found a note on her bedroom door, which was locked.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
All the pictures of her in his bedroom are at a certain angle where he can’t really get a look without having to reposition them.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
The stunning waterfront estate comes complete with four bedrooms, three and a half bathrooms, and 4,181 square feet of living space.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Mixing old and new is important, she says, referring to the House of Hackney hollyhock pattern she recently added to the walls of the living room and bedrooms, as well as the dining room lampshade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
A rustic South Carolina lodge with 16 bedrooms and 18 bathrooms has been listed for $7.2 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The home comes complete with four bedrooms and 5.5 bathrooms.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
The bedrooms on either side of the corridor had their numbers painted on the doors in gold.
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
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