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roomettes

roomettes is the plural of roomette.

Meaning of roomette

Noun

roomette (plural roomettes)

  1. (US) 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

Questions about roomettes

What is roomettes the plural of?
Roomettes is the plural of roomette.

Words near roomettes in the dictionary

  1. roomed in
  2. roomer
  3. roomers
  4. roomes
  5. roomette
  6. roomettes
  7. roomf
  8. roomful
  9. roomfuls
  10. roomie
  11. roomier

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