bedroom

bedroom
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ comfortable, cosy/cozy
▪ big, large, spacious
▪ little, small, tiny
▪ double, single, twin
▪ en suite (BrE)
▪ main, master, principal
▪

an en suite master bedroom (BrE)

▪ study (BrE)
▪ attic, back, front, loft (esp. AmE), upstairs
▪ downstairs, ground-floor (BrE)
▪ first-floor, second-floor, etc.
▪ guest, spare
▪

I told him he could sleep in the spare bedroom.

▪ separate
▪

All the children had separate bedrooms.

▪ hotel
VERB + BEDROOM
▪ share
▪

I used to share a bedroom with my brother.

▪ convert
▪

They converted the spare bedroom into an office.

▪ decorate, furnish, paint, redecorate
BEDROOM + NOUN
▪ closet (AmE), furniture, mirror, suite
▪ door, floor, wall, window
▪ slippers
▪ scene
▪

The actress refused to appear naked in the bedroom scenes.

PREPOSITION
▪ around a/the bedroom
▪

There were dirty clothes strewn around the bedroom.

▪ in a/the bedroom

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  • bedroom — (n.) also bed room, 1610s, from BED (Cf. bed) (n.) + ROOM (Cf. room). Slightly earlier in a sense sleeping space (1580s). Replaced earlier bedchamber (late 14c.). First record of slang bedroom eyes is from 1901 …   Etymology dictionary

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  • bedroom — [n] place for sleeping bedchamber, bunk room, chamber, cubicle, guest room; concept 448 …   New thesaurus

  • bedroom — ► NOUN ▪ a room for sleeping in …   English terms dictionary

  • Bedroom — For the film, see Bedrooms (film). Royal bedroom in the Residenz Palace, Munich, Bavaria A bedroom is a private room where people usually sleep for the night or relax during the day. About one third of our lives are spent sleeping and most of the …   Wikipedia

  • bedroom */*/*/ — UK [ˈbedruːm] / US [ˈbedˌrum] noun [countable] Word forms bedroom : singular bedroom plural bedrooms a) a room that you sleep in Your mum can stay in the spare bedroom. a two bedroom flat the master bedroom (= the main bedroom in a house) b)… …   English dictionary

  • bedroom — bed|room [ bed,rum ] noun count *** a room that you sleep in: I ll put your mom in the spare bedroom. a two bedroom apartment the master bedroom (=the main bedroom in a house) a. relating to this room: the bedroom door bedroom furniture in the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • bedroom — I. noun Date: 1616 a room furnished with a bed and intended primarily for sleeping • bedroomed adjective II. adjective Date: 1915 1. dealing with, suggestive of, or inviting sexual relations < a bedroom farce > < bedroom eyes …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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