bunk bed

American  

noun

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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Etymology

Origin of bunk bed

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

About 10 North Koreans crowded into a two-bedroom dormitory space containing little more than bunk beds and computers.

From The Wall Street Journal

I’ll tell you the truth—the orphanage was horrible, and I had to sleep on the top of a triple-decker bunk bed that was so high, I was squished against the ceiling.

From Literature

Our Wolf Den Suite, which includes bunk beds, was ready early but we finally made our way up there just before dinner.

From The Wall Street Journal

And they welded and bolted extra bunk beds into almost every single-person cell.

From Los Angeles Times

She concluded her post: “And the boys have a whole lifetime of love and dreams ahead of them! Just not in a triple bunk bed!”

From MarketWatch