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

Accessibility The resort has one- and two-bedroom accessible options with wider doorways and bathrooms featuring roll-in showers and tactile floor indicators. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2026

My parents rented a scruffy one-bedroom apartment overlooking a park in the Fillmore District. —Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026

The main house hosts six bedrooms and a total of 13 bathrooms, a Zen spa with massage and steam rooms, a two-lane bowling alley, a fitness center, a movie theater, a game room, an infinity pool facing the Intracoastal Waterway, and dozens of other amenities. —Megan Vaz, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026

The home has 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. —Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 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