bunk bed

American  

noun

bunk beds plural

1. a piece of furniture consisting of two single platformlike beds connected one above the other.

2. either of these two beds.

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bunk bed British  

noun

1. one of a pair of beds constructed one above the other

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bunk beds
  plural

Etymology

Origin of bunk bed

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

Who’ll get up the bunk bed ladder first?

From Slate • May 10, 2026

And at least I can now mark those button-bashing days on the bunk bed down as 'research'.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

In a public bomb shelter two storeys underground, one woman lay sleeping on a bunk bed in the mid-afternoon, while another worked at their laptop.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

He refers to his space as a “mouse nest,” a darkened corner he has created by draping curtains around his bunk bed.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 25, 2025

Julie was sitting cross-legged on her bunk bed.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer