roomette
Americannoun
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a small private compartment in the sleeping car of a train, usually for one person, containing its own washroom facilities and a bed that folds against the wall when not in use.
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any small room, especially one used solely for study or sleeping.
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a private room connected to a box at a sports stadium or arena and used for entertaining guests.
noun
Etymology
Origin of roomette
Example Sentences
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I spent my days and nights napping, seeing fantastic scenery, eating all my meals in the dining car as part of the cost of my roomette, and catching up on my reading.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026
The last-minute price for my three-day, two-night trip was $433 in coach or $1,200 for a small private room called a roomette.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
At the purser’s desk I picked up the keys to a tiny roomette and splurged $3 for a cheery yellow sheet and scratchy bath towel that could have exfoliated an alligator.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2018
The Amtrak roomette – ugly, ugly, ugly word – is not big in the same way that leptons and quarks are not big.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 19, 2010
The most private tables are tucked into booths the size of a roomette on a train, where you can still hear whatever band happens to be playing Thursday through Saturday nights.
From Washington Post
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