plural bedrooms
: a room used for sleeping
a house with three bedrooms = a 3-bedroom house
a spare/guest bedroom
a large master bedroom [=a large bedroom that is the main bedroom in a house]
always used before a noun
1
US
: lived in by people who go to another town or city to work
They live in a bedroom community [=(Brit) dormitory town] just outside of the city.
2
: dealing with sexual relationships
The play is a bedroom farce about a middle-aged couple.
bedroom humor
3
informal
: showing sexual attraction
She looked at him with bedroom eyes.
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“Bedroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/bedroom. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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