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STATEROOM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stateroom mean?
• STATEROOM (noun)
The noun STATEROOM has 1 sense:
1. a guest cabin
Familiarity information: STATEROOM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A guest cabin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("stateroom" is a kind of...):
cabin (small room on a ship or boat where people sleep)
Context examples
"No deck-stateroom, but down below, on the weather-side,—the port-side, remember that, the port-side. You'd better write it down."
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Were he not so terrible a man, I could sometimes feel sorry for him, as instance three mornings ago, when I went into his stateroom to fill his water-bottle and came unexpectedly upon him.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
He fled to his stateroom, where he lurked until the steamer was clear of the dock.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
"Telephone over to-morrow and reserve a stateroom for me," he told the clerk.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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