bedtime
Translation
bedtime
Examples
It's past your bedtime.
It's past your bedtime.
A bedtime story helps them sleep.
A bedtime story helps them sleep.
Grammar Patterns
bedtime the time you usually go to bed It's past your bedtime.
a bedtime story a story told to a child at bedtime A bedtime story helps them sleep.
Similar Words
Synonyms: sleeping time, lights-out
Etymology
A compound of 'bed' and 'time', literally meaning the time to go to bed.
Memory Tips
The word is very literal: it's the 'time' for 'bed'.