bedtime (/ˈbed.taɪm/)
noun · Beginner · Daily Life
🔊 /ˈbed.taɪm/
Meaning
Meaning: time to sleep
The time at which a person, especially a child, normally goes to bed to sleep.
Examples
🗣 The children groaned when their mother announced that bedtime was in just ten minutes.
Etymology
Compound of ‘bed’ (Old English ‘bedd’) and ‘time’, recorded from the 14th century.
How & Where It’s Used
Used especially with children and in phrases like ‘bedtime story’.
Tags: home, time