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Boudoir

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A woman's private sitting room, dressing room, or bedroom.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A woman's private sitting room, dressing room, or bedroom.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A small room, esp. if pleasant, or elegantly furnished, to which a lady may retire to be alone, or to receive intimate friends; a lady's bedroom; a lady's (or sometimes a gentleman's) private room.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A small room to which a lady may retire to be alone, or in which she may receive her intimate friends.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a lady's bedroom or private sitting room

Word Usage

"This little summer-house, which he called his boudoir, was not much bigger than a sedan-chair; the door of it opened into the garden, which was covered with pinks, roses, and honeysuckles."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

sleeping room bedchamber sleeping accommodation bedroom chamber

Cross Reference

drawing room withdrawing room

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

cabinet bower

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

diningroom living room sitting room bedroom salon