sofa bed

American  

Or sofa-bed,

noun

sofa beds plural

1. a sofa that can be converted into a bed, either by folding out the seat or by lowering the back to be flush with the seat.

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sofa bed British  

noun

1. a sofa that can be converted into a bed

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• sofa beds
  plural

Etymology

Origin of sofa bed

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

When the agents failed to pry the sofa bed open, Maltzan told them it was stuck, but they could “shoot through the couch” if they thought she was hiding anything.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

Ms Abubakar was found "thin, malnourished and dehydrated" on a sofa bed alongside her son, Taiwo, in June 2020.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2023

For instance, Zulily records showed Castro paid $1 for a sofa bed that had a retail price of $565.99, say the charges.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2022

He leaps onto the sofa bed demanding to be tickled, drags around a watering can nearly as big as him, rolls around on the floor, waving his feet in the air.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2022

Mom was sitting on the sofa bed, eating the piece she’d cut.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls