stateroom
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5.8
- noun
- /ˈsteɪtərum/
- Marshall opens the stateroom door and slowly slides into the corridor.
- a private stateroom
- master stateroom
- a stateroom with berth
Examples
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I'm afraid she's booked me a first-class stateroom.
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Directly ahead was the forward stateroom, which had been converted into an office and file storage room.
Fiction book (2001) -
Gentlemen, I might want you to consider this stateroom right here.
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The team members come out of the stateroom to go to bed.
Fiction book (1996) -
I asked her to wait in your stateroom.
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The captain called Wayne into his tiny stateroom, where he was working at his tiny desk.
Fiction book (2002) -
Rita is sleeping off the aftereffects in the stateroom.
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Stumbling to my stateroom, I fell into my bunk, closing my eyes before my head hit the pillow.
Fiction book (1999) -
Lisbeth and I spent an inordinate amount of time in our stateroom, prompting humorous remarks from our shipmates.
Fiction book (1991) -
The family spent their vacation in a cozy stateroom with a beautiful view of the ocean.
Synonyms
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1.3
A small room for people on a plane or ship
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8.1
A private compartment on a sleeper train with beds and a toilet
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8.4
A small private space on a train with a bed for one person
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Etymology
The word stateroom comes from the older words state 'official, grand' and room 'space', and it once meant a special room for important people in a palace, which ships later used for a private, comfortable cabin. So today a stateroom is a private sleeping cabin on a ship or train.