bedsitter

Meaning

1. 1nouncountableBritishold-fashioned

   a small rented room that serves as both a bedroom and a living area, often with simple cooking equipment

   Grammar: Countable: a bedsitter, two bedsitters. Often shortened to 'bedsit'.

   Patterns

   • live in a bedsitter
   • rent a bedsitter
   • a bedsitter in the city

   After university, he rented a bedsitter near the station.

   The bedsitter had a tiny kitchen in one corner.

   She moved from a bedsitter to a small flat.

Word forms

Common combinations

a tiny bedsitter

They lived in a tiny bedsitter above a shop.

rent a bedsitter

Students often rent a bedsitter to save money.

bedsitter flat

The building was converted into bedsitter flats.

Synonyms and how they differ

studio

A studio is a modern, self-contained flat with one main room; a bedsitter is older and often shares a bathroom.

bedsit

Bedsit is just a shorter, more common form of bedsitter.

Word family

bedsit noun

short form of bedsitter

bed noun

furniture for sleeping

sitter noun

a person who sits, or someone who cares for children; not related to bedsitter

Commonly confused: bedsitter or baby sitter?

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