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bunk bed

noun

Etymology

From bunk + bed.

  1. derived from *bʰedʰh₂-✻ — “to dig”
  2. inherited from *badją✻ — “resting-place, plot of ground”
  3. inherited from *badi✻
  4. inherited from bedd
  5. inherited from bed
  6. compounded as bunk bed — “bunk + bed”

Definitions

  1. A type of furniture with two or more beds stacked vertically, one directly above the…

    A type of furniture with two or more beds stacked vertically, one directly above the other, in order to save floorspace.

    • He had dibs on the top bunk bed.

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