double bed
Americannoun
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
“There are two bunk beds in there, there’s a double bed and there’s a fold-up dining table,” she says.
From BBC • Oct. 2, 2024
We had no food or water in it — just a double bed, a mattress, and a TV.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2023
A wood stove heats the two-room bunker, furnished with a double bed and three single beds lined side-by-side.
From Reuters • Feb. 27, 2023
Anatole told me these stories at night with a flat resignation, but I cursed and threw pillows and cried while he held me in the vast comfort of our married-student double bed.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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