bedroom
pronunciation
How to pronounce bedroom in British English:
UK [ˈbedruːm]
How to pronounce bedroom in American English:
US [ˈbedruːm]
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- Noun:
- a room used primarily for sleeping
Word Origin
- bedroom (n.)
- also bed-room, 1610s, from bed (n.) + room. Slightly earlier in a sense "sleeping space" (1580s). Replaced earlier bedchamber (late 14c.). First record of slang bedroom eyes is from 1901.
Example
- 1. I went to see a bedroom for rent .
- 2. In the cabin bedroom , quinn strips the tape off lj 's mouth .
- 3. She gave him a ground-floor room while she stayed in her bedroom upstairs .
- 4. The bedroom is small but cozy .
- 5. I told him it was my bedroom .