bed·room

[bed-room, -room]
noun
1.
a room furnished and used for sleeping.
adjective
2.
concerned mainly with love affairs or sex: The movie is a typical bedroom comedy.
3.
sexually inviting; amorous: bedroom eyes.
4.
inhabited largely by commuters: a bedroom community.

Origin:
1580–90; bed + room

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bedroom (ˈbɛdˌruːm, -ˌrʊm) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a room furnished with beds or used for sleeping
2.  (modifier) containing references to sex: a bedroom comedy

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Word Origin & History

bedroom
1610s, from bed + room. Replaced earlier bedchamber. First record of slang bedroom eyes is 1940s.
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Example sentences
We even quit sleeping in the same bedroom for several years, but are in the
  same bed now.
Westerners prefer a quiet bedroom, sleeping alone or with a partner.
He took me first to a bedroom and flung half a dozen of his suits before me,
  for my own had been pretty well reduced to rags.
We want you to help us go boldly where few have gone before, into your bedroom.
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