: a room furnished with a bed and intended primarily for sleeping
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.
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Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2026
The residence has four bedrooms, four full bathrooms, and two powder rooms in roughly 5,400 square feet across two levels, plus a terrace.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2026
Police began investigating Chyann Janes, 32, in July after a Garden City man reported that more than $30,000 worth of items had been stolen from the bedroom of his late wife.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 28 Apr. 2026
Here, a gracious layout puts the two bedrooms on opposite ends of the apartment, both with room for a king, closets, and, in the case of the primary, an en suite bath.
—Katie McDonough, Curbed, 27 Apr. 2026
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Noun
One young man, his shirt off and loosely draped around his neck along with a Santa Muerte necklace, sports tattoos of a Kalashnikov rifle and a flaming skull, regarding the camera with bedroom eyes.
—Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2026
The residence has four bedrooms, four full bathrooms, and two powder rooms in roughly 5,400 square feet across two levels, plus a terrace.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2026
Police began investigating Chyann Janes, 32, in July after a Garden City man reported that more than $30,000 worth of items had been stolen from the bedroom of his late wife.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 28 Apr. 2026
Here, a gracious layout puts the two bedrooms on opposite ends of the apartment, both with room for a king, closets, and, in the case of the primary, an en suite bath.
—Katie McDonough, Curbed, 27 Apr. 2026
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“Bedroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bedroom. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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