bunk bed

noun

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

bunk bed

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of bunk bed¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

Her sister, Helan, who was roughly a year older, lay quietly on the bottom of a set of bunk beds to my left.

From Nautilus

I learned how to identify damselflies and take soil samples, what to do when we spotted a brown recluse and how to not bang my head against the ceiling when I’d rise from the towering bunk beds.

From Nautilus

A fall from a bunk bed would’ve meant scalp and skull injuries.

From Washington Post

The bunk beds are wide and the mattresses do not let you feel the metal surface on which they are supported.

From Washington Blade

You can hang it in closets, RVs, or even on a bunk bed frame.

From Popular-Science

Barba offered me a line of cocaine as we sat on his bunk bed covered by posters of musicians and half-naked women.

From The Daily Beast

The last thing I want is a bouncing bunk-bed in the back of the van and then a messy breakup.

From The Daily Beast

Fernandez initially told police that David had fallen off his bunk bed.

From The Daily Beast

She lands in a pint-sized apartment, and shares a bunk bed and cloistered bathroom with another teen model.

From The Daily Beast

He layed down on that bunk-bed, close to the ox stalls, where he always slept.

From Project Gutenberg