guestroom
- noun
- /ˈɡɛstˌrum/
- When my friends visit, I always make sure the guestroom is clean and welcoming.
- a deluxe guestroom
- sleep in the guestroom
- furnished guestrooms
Examples
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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.
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- Should I make up the guestroom?
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- We have a guestroom.
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You want to take a shower, you go there, in the guestroom.
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I'd be more comfortable if he slept in the guestroom.
Fiction book (2001) -
Why don't you show her the guestroom?
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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
A room in a house where people sleep
A private room where hotel guests sleep and use a bathroom
A room in a motel where people sleep for a short time
A room for visitors to sleep in
A bedroom in a large or old house
A room for sleeping
A place for sleeping, often in a hotel or train
How Private
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.