bunk bed

noun

: one of two single beds usually placed one above the other

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While the underbed area is left bare to leave room for a sitting area or workspace, a secondary twin trundle bed is available to purchase to transform this unit into bunk beds. Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2025 Then, early in the morning of February 18, Chernyak began having seizures and vomiting in his bunk bed. Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025 Would-be soldiers in the program sleep in large, open bays on bunk beds. Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025 The Fox News clip shows rows of bunk beds with twin-sized green mattresses in one room. Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bunk bed

Word History

First Known Use

1890, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bunk bed was in 1890

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“Bunk bed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bunk%20bed. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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bunk bed

noun
: one of two single beds placed one above the other

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