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BUNGKB-ed/ˈbʌŋkbed/

A bunkbed (also bunk bed) is two beds stacked, with a ladder to the top bunk. A single bed is one mattress; a sofa bed folds out. Collocation: the top bunk / the bottom bunk; sleep in a bunkbed. Countable as the piece of furniture.

Meaning

Two beds fixed one above the other (also written bunk bed).

Examples

• “The children share a bunkbed in the smaller bedroom.”
• “She prefers the bottom bunk because she does not like the ladder.”
• “We borrowed a bunkbed when the cousins stayed the night.”

Good to know

a bunkbed (also bunk bed). top bunk / bottom bunk. Contrast: a single bed.

Near in meaning

bunk bed

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