Meanings
nounspare room (plural spare rooms)
plural spare rooms
- guest room
His entire adult life he had lived in the two-bed flat above the shop, sharing the space with his parents. Frank was in the spare room at the back. His parents had the master bedroom, with a big sash window that overlooked the high street.
2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian
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spare room. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spare%20room
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“spare room.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spare%20room. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spare room,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spare%20room.
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