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Vinony

bedroom

noun

  1. private room where people usually sleep for the night or relax during the day
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈbɛdɹuːm/ / /ˈbɛdɹʊm/ / /ˈbɛdˌɹum/

noun

Etymology: From bed + room.

  1. A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.

    “Please don't enter my bedroom without knocking.”

    “The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, […].”

  2. The location of sexual activity.

    “"How are things in the bedroom?" asked the marriage therapist.”

    “If you’re single, you might be going through a dry spell, or if you’re taken, life in the bedroom has become more routine and less of a spontaneous, fun activity.”