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

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

A prisoner released on Thursday told AFP that he had been one of three in a cell, "two on bunk beds and one sleeping on the floor".

From Barron's

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

From MarketWatch