bedchamber

«bedchamber» in Mova's school dictionary: A bedroom, especially in a palace or a grand house — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a bedchamber, bedchambers — old)

meaning for a pupil

(old, formal) A bedroom, especially in a palace or a grand house. tree →

sense in the lessons

Found in old stories, fairy tales, the Bible and history about kings and queens: «the king's bedchamber». It gives the reader a grand, old-fashioned feeling. «Lady of the Bedchamber» is a title for a queen's helper.

examples

• The princess slept in a grand bedchamber. tree →
• The prince crept into the king's bedchamber. tree →
• Servants lit the fire in the queen's bedchamber. tree →
• In the old castle we saw the royal bedchamber. tree →
• The Lady of the Bedchamber helped the queen dress. tree →
• Then the Three Bears thought it necessary that they should make farther search; so they went upstairs into their bedchamber. tree →

note

Old-fashioned; use «bedroom» in everyday English. Compound: bed + chamber (old word for room).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bedchamber» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.