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on-SWEET/ˌɒn ˈswiːt/

An en suite (id: en-suite) is a bathroom joined to a bedroom and used only with that room. A shared bathroom is down the corridor; a wet room is a walk-in shower space. Hotels: an en-suite is not a spare changing room for the whole group; staff still allocate showers.

Meaning

A bathroom joined to a bedroom and used only with that room.

Examples

• “An en-suite in the hotel is not a spare changing room for the whole group; staff still allocate showers.”
• “An en-suite in halls is still cleaned on the rota; wet towels on the carpet are a mould report.”

Good to know

an en suite (noun). Also adjective: an en-suite bathroom. Contrast: a shared bathroom / a wet room. Hotels / halls. Countable. Mix-up: on site means at the place, not a private bathroom.

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