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stateroom

[ steyt-room, -roo m ]

/ ˈsteɪtˌrum, -ˌrʊm /

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noun

a private room or compartment on a ship, train, etc.

Origin of stateroom

First recorded in 1695–1705; state + room

Words nearby stateroom

statement of claim, statement savings account, statements of case, staten island, stater, stateroom, states, states general, states of the church, states' righter, states' rights

Example sentences from the Web for stateroom

And she slid the bolt noiselessly, opened the stateroom door, and stepped outside the curtain into the corridor.

The Dark Star |Robert W. Chambers
He preferred to be alone, but he was of an obliging disposition, and he knew that there were two berths in the stateroom.

Driven From Home |Horatio Alger
Harris was out of the stateroom first but they were all on deck within ten seconds.

The Black Box |E. Phillips Oppenheim
The savages had entered the captain's stateroom and fallen upon the sailor who had taken refuge there.

Ralph Granger's Fortunes |William Perry Brown

Morning found her as wakeful in her stateroom as when she had been nailed into it by Boldig, the leader of the German mutineers.

Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound |Alice B. Emerson

British Dictionary definitions for stateroom

stateroom

/ (ˈsteɪtˌruːm, -ˌrʊm) /

noun

a private cabin or room on a ship, train, etc

mainly British a large room in a palace or other building for use on state occasions