bedroom

noun

bed·room | \ˈbed-ˌrüm,

-ˌru̇m\

Definition of bedroom

(Entry 1 of 2)

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

bedroom

adjective

Definition of bedroom (Entry 2 of 2)

1 : dealing with, suggestive of, or inviting sexual relations a bedroom farce bedroom eyes

2 : inhabited or used by commuters a bedroom community

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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.

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Uber and Lyft turned cars into taxis; Airbnb turned spare bedrooms into hotels. — NBC News, "The next Uber? Scooter startups flood U.S. cities as funding pours in," 9 July 2018 Last fall a donor gave Indiana University a five-bedroom house on nearly 7 acres with a toney Sunset Lane address. — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, "These donors love their alma maters so much they gave them the roofs over their heads," 13 July 2018 Other amenities include an elevator, a wine cellar and a two-bedroom guest house. — Katherine Clarke, WSJ, "Singer Marc Anthony Buys Coral Gables Home From Bacardi Heiress," 13 July 2018 The three-bedroom house was valued at $627,400 by the Saugus Assessors Office, according to records. — Andres Picon, BostonGlobe.com, "Saugus fire caused by spontaneous combustion of oily rags," 11 July 2018 San Francisco’s housing crisis has reached such heights that a fair-market two-bedroom apartment now rents for more than $3,000 a month, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, an affordable housing advocacy group. — NBC News, "San Francisco's housing crisis puts pressure on historic Asian enclaves," 10 July 2018 Others have raised concerns to the council that putting four or five men in a two-bedroom house will lead to overcramped conditions. — Lily Altavena, azcentral, "Waiting for state sober living home rules, cities add their own restrictions," 7 July 2018 In the living room of the one-bedroom Van Nuys apartment, the boy tried to explain, in the words of a 3-year old, what happened to his father. — Brittny Mejia, latimes.com, "A 3-year-old was separated from his father at the border. Now his parents are dealing with his trauma," 3 July 2018 Collingswood resident Suzanne Cloud, who listed her three-bedroom house on Airbnb in 2014, was shocked to receive a cease-and-desist letter from the city. — Tauhid Chappell, Philly.com, "Supreme Courts decision could affect Pennsylvania politics, two casinos open in Atlantic city | Morning Newsletter," 28 June 2018

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