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

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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

There wasn’t room for it in his two-bedroom down on Browns Creek. —Literary Hub, 3 June 2026

While the view from my balcony, overlooking yachts bobbing in the marina and Table Mountain further beyond, was lovely, nothing compares to the two-bedroom Cape Grace suite, with its panoramic perch over the mountain and harbor. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026

Police said officers found a man in a bedroom suffering from life-threatening gunshot trauma and another man who was unresponsive and also suffering from a gunshot wound. —Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026

Keep your bedroom cool and dark. —Sharon Brandwein, USA Today, 2 June 2026

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