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guestroom

guestroom

5 1.0
A room with a bed for visitors who stay overnight
  • noun
  • /ˈɡɛstˌrum/
translation icon : habitación de invitados
  • When my friends visit, I always make sure the guestroom is clean and welcoming.
  • a deluxe guestroom
  • sleep in the guestroom
  • furnished guestrooms

Examples

  • Since I'm a publisher, it won't surprise you to know that we make sure there is an assortment of books and magazines to read in our guestrooms.

    Blog text (2)
  • I returned to the guestroom and went through the bag again and again and came up empty each time.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • I got the guestroom ready.

  • - Should I make up the guestroom?

  • - We have a guestroom.

  • You want to take a shower, you go there, in the guestroom.

  • I'd be more comfortable if he slept in the guestroom.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Why don't you show her the guestroom?

  • The new inn was much bigger and made of all-brick construction, with a fireplace in every guestroom.

    Blog text (26)
  • There was a spacious and well-fitted guestroom that was originally designed as the captain's quarters.

    Fiction book (2000)

Synonyms

bedroom
vsguestroom
1.0

A room in a house where people sleep

is specifically reserved for visiting people rather than general sleeping use
hotel room
vsguestroom
276 1.0

A private room where hotel guests sleep and use a bathroom

is one example of the visitor rooms the key covers across different places
motel room
vsguestroom
51 1.0

A room in a motel where people sleep for a short time

is part of a wider set of visitor rooms not limited to roadside lodges
guest bedroom
vsguestroom
10 1.7

A room for visitors to sleep in

is not limited to homes and also covers hotels and other lodging
bedchamber
vsguestroom
  • Archaic
9 7.2

A bedroom in a large or old house

is a neutral modern visitor room used in homes hotels and other lodgings
sleeping room
vsguestroom
  • Specialized
1 1.0

A room for sleeping

is reserved for visitors rather than for anyone to sleep in
1 3.4

A place for sleeping, often in a hotel or train

is a visitor space across homes hotels and other accommodation rather than any sleeping space

How Private

suite
288 3.5
guestroom
5 1.0

Surface Forms

guestroom singular
guestrooms plural

Morphology

guestroom = guest + room (transparent) = guest + room

Meaning is a straightforward compound 'guest' + 'room' = a room for guests; easily deducible by learners.

Etymology

Guestroom comes from putting together guest ('a visitor or someone invited') and room ('a space in a house'). So, a guestroom is literally 'a room for guests', a bedroom kept for people who visit.