roomette
roomette noun: a small private compartment, for one person, in a railroad sleeping car.
Noun
roomette (plural roomettes)
- A small private compartment, for one person, in a railroad sleeping car.
- Although many luxurious single-room sleepers are in service, the demand for sleeping accommodation on long journeys is so great that vehicles less weighty in proportion to their passenger accommodation, and therefore less expensive for the traveller, have become a paramount need, which is largely...1944 November and December, “"Duplex Roomette" Sleeping Cars”, in Railway Magazine, page 324
- The 20-hr. rail journey was, I think the most unusual and comfortable that I have ever made, because I travelled in a "roomette," a small private room for one person.1953 July, Allen Rowley, “First Impressions of American Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 493
Forms of roomette
| plural | roomettes |
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Origin of roomette
From room + -ette.
Questions about roomette
- What does roomette mean?
- Roomette means a small private compartment, for one person, in a railroad sleeping car.
- What part of speech is roomette?
- Roomette is a noun.
- What is the plural of roomette?
- The plural of roomette is roomettes.
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