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sickroom

sickroom noun: a room to be used by someone who is ill.

Noun

sickroom (plural sickrooms)

  1. A room to be used by someone who is ill.

Forms of sickroom

pluralsickrooms
alternative formsick-room

Origin of sickroom

From sick + room.

Questions about sickroom

What does sickroom mean?
Sickroom means a room to be used by someone who is ill.
What part of speech is sickroom?
Sickroom is a noun.
What is the plural of sickroom?
The plural of sickroom is sickrooms.

Words near sickroom in the dictionary

  1. sickopath
  2. sickopaths
  3. sickos
  4. sickout
  5. sickouts
  6. sickroom
  7. sickrooms
  8. sicks
  9. sicks up
  10. sickular
  11. sickularism

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