connecting room
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- noun
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habitación comunicada
- When we arrived at the resort, we were pleased to find they had set aside connecting rooms for us and our friends.
- two connecting rooms
Examples
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The hotel offered connecting rooms that were perfect for larger groups traveling together.
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We booked two connecting rooms so that our families could stay close together during the trip.
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We'll take these two connecting rooms here.
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Rachel, did you get the note about the connecting rooms?
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Darling, we've got connecting rooms.
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Jack got two connecting rooms and handed the keys to her while he drove the truck toward the end of the motel.
Fiction book (1993) -
We have connecting rooms.
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It's easy to assume that because Llewelyn wants a connecting room (for obvious reasons) and looks at the map.
Blog text (20) -
"I've gotten us two connecting rooms, just in case you kids want a little privacy for your second date," Harley said.
Fiction book (1994) -
Upstairs, there was a cluster of connected rooms I used for writing: three desks, five comfortable chairs, and more than a dozen little windows looking out into trees already twined with blossoming wisteria.
Academic text (2009)
How Connected
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a hotel room that is directly linked to an adjoining room' is directly and transparently built from 'connect' (join) + 'room' (indoor area): a room that connects to another room. This compositional pattern is common in English and other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the intended sense.
Etymology
The noun connecting room comes from the simple image of two hotel rooms joined by a private door: the connecting door links one room to the next so people can walk between them without using the hall. That's why it means 'a hotel room that connects to the next room'.