box bed

noun

1. a bed completely enclosed so as to resemble a box.
2. a bed that folds up in the form of a box.

Word History and Origins

Origin of box bed¹

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

Look at the stone floor in the kitchen, and the adorable stuffy box-bed in the wall!

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As we were going into a box bed for the night, two young men came in, and said they were gaun to burn the water.

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In the kitchen is the box bed in which the poet was born, and many of the articles of furniture belonged to his family.

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In my box-bed at that flower-baptized inn, I certainly did not sleep so well as in my own nest at school.

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A boy drove the night's fish to the station, and Big Harry slept heavily in the dark box bed.

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