bedroom

1 of 2

noun

bed·​room ˈbed-ˌrüm 

-ˌru̇m

: a room furnished with a bed and intended primarily for sleeping

bedroomed

ˈbed-ˌrümd 

-ˌru̇md

adjective

bedroom

2 of 2

adjective

1

: dealing with, suggestive of, or inviting sexual relations

a bedroom farce

bedroom eyes

2

: inhabited or used by commuters

a bedroom community

Examples of bedroom in a Sentence

Adjective

The play is a bedroom farce about a middle-aged couple.

She looked at him with bedroom eyes.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom home, valued at $423,439, sits in a residential neighborhood near Aventura in the northernmost part of Miami-Dade. —Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 19 Dec. 2025

The result was up to $1 million worth of luxury handbags and high-end jewelry stolen from the reality star's bedroom closet. —Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025

All of the bedrooms are aglow in soft light, lending a zen-like atmosphere perfect for falling asleep. —Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2025

Inside is a building designed to look like a bedroom bureau, which was built on the site to celebrate the local furniture industry in 1926. —Npr Staff, NPR, 18 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

circa 1570, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1900, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing bedroom

• bedroom community
• guest bedroom
• master bedroom

Rhymes for bedroom

• assume
• backroom
• ballroom
• barroom
• bathroom
• boardroom
• bridegroom
• classroom
• cloakroom
• consume
• costume
• courtroom

Kids Definition

bedroom

noun

bed·​room

-ˌrüm, 

-ˌru̇m

: a room used for sleeping