Thesaurus results for BED-SITTER

bed-sitter

noun

variants also bedsit or bed-sitting-room

Definition of bed-sitter

British

as in penthouse

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Recent Examples of bed-sitter This show began with two childhood friends in a Barnsbury bedsit trying to make each other laugh and cry. — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026

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Noun

Stephen Kliegerman, president of development marketing at Brown Harris Stevens, brought up the 36-unit boutique condo going up at 200 West 88th Street, where half of the units have four or more bedrooms, including five full-floor penthouses.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 28 Oct. 2026
Such is the case in a Chicago penthouse designed by Kuchar Studio, which features a dining room fixture with a strikingly sinuous form.

— Amanda Sims, Architectural Digest, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of penthouse

Noun

Contrastingly, the duplex’s interiors couldn’t be more modern, with skylight windows, sleek kitchen appliances, and poured concrete floors that add a brutalist touch.

— Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2026
Gaga’s former penthouse is a corner duplex occupying the top two floors of the building.

— Meg Walters, InStyle, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of duplex

Noun

Though the success of the doc represents an achievement for the form — as well as for Fielder, Oppenheim, and studio A24 — the overall picture at the box office this weekend is more mixed.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Nov. 2026
The album was recorded in two days at Firehouse 12, the New Haven experimental and contemporary jazz mecca which encompasses a recording studio, a live music venue and a classy bar.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of studio

Noun

Association fees, property taxes and special assessments are driving the cost of ownership up, while a condo oversupply is keeping rents relatively low.

— Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
The 116,000-square-foot project will bring 68 condo-hotel units, a private members’ clubhouse, dining, a rooftop lounge, meeting and event space and a pool to the college town.

— Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of condo

Noun

At its birth in 1907 in the basement of a Seattle saloon, there was nothing promising about the American Messenger Company.

— Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 20 Oct. 2026
The 18-year-old female elephant got loose from her handler outside her enclosure, then went on the run, demolishing the door of a saloon on North Avenue, smashing in the window of another and walking through the fence around a vacant lot.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of saloon

Noun

Olivelli Deli will serve fresh sandwiches, soft serve ice cream and more from its walk-up window at the corner of 35th and North Davidson streets starting Wednesday, July 1.

— Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2026
Lindor went 0-for-5 in his return and grounded out so quickly to end the seventh inning, stranding a runner at third base, that fans didn’t even get to finish singing along to his walk-up song.

— Will Sammon, New York Times, 25 June 2026

Definition of walk-up

Noun

The single three-story building is billed as an active-adult lifestyle condominium complex with prices ranging from $489,000 to $587,000.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 29 Oct. 2026
Along South Bayshore Drive, there’s almost no vacant land left, so the developers acquired an older condominium building and negotiated a condo termination with its owners, Isaac Toledano, founder of BH Group, told Fortune.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of condominium

Noun

These notorious ghosts appear in The Philosopher’s Stone alongside the Fat Lady, who, if given the correct password, lets the Gryffindors into their lodgings.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2026
Amenities such as kitchens, sometimes not available in hotels or hospital lodgings, give the option to cook patients' favorite foods.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026

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