master bedroom
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- noun
- /ˈmæstər ˈbɛdruːm/
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dormitorio principal
- In our new house, the master bedroom has its own private bathroom and walk-in closet.
- master bedroom suite
- master bedroom and bath
- master bedroom door
They go upstairs and the master bedroom door is closed and they can't open it.
- They go upstairs and the master bedroom door is closed and they can't open it.
- A huge, massive boulder came straight through the master bedroom, which was on the ground floor.
- Yeah, my master bedroom's freezing, and my kids room's really hot, right?
- So we're going to head to the master bedroom where the sleep magic happens.
- And the master bedroom had a shower that was outside and completely covered in glass.
Examples
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And the master bedroom had a shower that was outside and completely covered in glass.
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This is the master bedroom Laurie hasn't been using, and it's kind of not in great shape like everything else around here.
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This is the master bedroom which I love.
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So we're going to head to the master bedroom where the sleep magic happens.
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But we are actually going to build a new master bedroom on the back of the house which has the most beautiful view.
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The setting is the master bedroom of a city apartment.
Fiction book (1997) -
And then in here is the master bedroom, which is where Jackson has been sleeping.
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Yes OK, Now families like big master bedrooms, big master bathrooms with shower and a tub.
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I went back up to the master bedroom and looked more carefully through the closet and the bureau.
Fiction book (1996) -
Then the windows, here, are large enough from the deck, you'll see the ocean from your master bedroom.
Synonyms
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A room in a house where people sleep
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Morphology
The meaning 'the largest or main bedroom' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'master' (chief, primary) with 'bedroom' (a room for sleep). This adjective+noun composition is cross-linguistically common (e.g., 'principal bedroom' / 'dormitorio principal') and a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reasonably infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Master bedroom likely comes from the idea that the house's head was called the 'master' and he had the biggest sleeping room, so the words master and bedroom together created the image of the main room for sleeping. So, master bedroom now means 'the largest or main bedroom'.