double bed
Americannoun
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double beds
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of double bed
First recorded in 1790–1800
Example Sentences
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A double bed was pushed against a wall in the room to create a daybed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
We had no food or water in it — just a double bed, a mattress, and a TV.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
She shares a double bed with her husband Rafael, 32, and their four-year-old daughter Sofia.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2023
All the kids piled into one of the two large bunk rooms, which had six beds; the five adults divided themselves between the other bunk room and a third bedroom with a double bed.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2023
I went to the housing office at MIT and found a furnished apartment a few blocks away, with a double bed and a private kitchen and bath, for forty dollars a week.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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