bedtime

Definition

  • noun: the usual time when someone goes to bed
  • noun: a time for going to bed

Examples

  • Will you read the children a 'bedtime story'? [=a story that is read or told to children when they go to bed]

  • The children are still up? It's way past their 'bedtimes'.

  • It's almost 'bedtime'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) so I said hello back. - Then I went up the stairs to give her the Book and- - You went upstairs? Oh, my God. Why didn't you just climb into bed with her and ask for a bedtime story? Okay, I made a mistake. I know. Andrea, you don't understand. If you get fired, that might jeopardize Paris for me. (..)
    2006 The Devil Wears Prada