Words / B1

BEDS-it/ˈbedsɪt/

A bedsit is a rented room that is both bedroom and sitting room, often with a tiny kitchen corner (UK). A studio flat is usually a self-contained one-room flat with its own bathroom; a bedsit may share a bathroom on the landing. US studio. Countable. Old-fashioned in some cities but still understood.

Meaning

A rented room used as both a bedroom and a sitting room (UK).

Examples

• “He rented a small bedsit above the shop on the high street.”
• “The bedsit came with a shared bathroom on the first floor.”
• “He saved money by living in a bedsit near the bus route into town.”

Good to know

a bedsit (UK). Contrast: a studio flat / a flatshare. Often a shared bathroom.

New