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

McKee is accused of illegally entering the Tepes' home with a firearm equipped with a silencer, shooting the Tepes -- whose bodies were found in a second-floor bedroom -- and leaving the property along a dark alley alongside the house. —Arkansas Online, 24 Jan. 2026

This two-story house provides a generous living space with its five bedrooms and four baths. —Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026

At Four Seasons Resort and Residences Telluride, residences currently start around $4 million, offering large one-bedroom layouts with ski-in/ski-out access, floor-to-ceiling mountain views and the full complement of Four Seasons services and amenities. —Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026

The friend found LaFave on the bedroom floor in a pool of blood. —Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 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