chair bed

American  

noun

1. a chair that can be opened out to form a bed.

2. bed chair.

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Etymology

Origin of chair bed

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

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chair bed

They travelled to the warehouse on Friday to pick up supplies prepared for them, including clothes, shoes, toys, a high chair, bed guard, potty training kit, nappies and toiletries.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2022

The room just looked like an empty room to me now: chair, bed, lamp, window with the night pressing on it.

From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2014

“I look round regularly every night,” observed Miss Stivergill, entering her bedroom, in which Miss Lillycrop usually occupied a chair bed when on a visit to The Rosebud.

From Post Haste by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Mary Allen bought him a small stove and sent to him, in the sleigh, dishes, a kettle, chair, bed, pillow, and quilt, and a supply of candles.

From Darrel of the Blessed Isles by Bacheller, Irving

The maid set up a chair bed that had stood, doubled up, in the corner, and was sent out of the room for a minute.

From Barnaby A Novel by Ramsay, R.