tanning bed

noun

1. a boxlike bed having a hinged cover and equipped with sunlamps to produce a suntan.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tanning bed¹

An Americanism dating back to 1980–85

Example Sentences

Ama sidesteps a spotted gecko using a rock as a tanning bed.

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By the time the movie got to one of the series’ most famous kills, the tanning bed death, knowing exactly what was to come allowed me to have fun with a horror movie for the first time in my life.

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“Today’s cross-examination was described as ‘heated’ and ‘intense,’ which coincidentally are the only two settings on Trump’s tanning bed.”

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He needs body parts and she can help get those for him, zapping him further back to life with the electrifying tanning bed in her garage.

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Sheila, you see, has chanced upon a time machine that, to the untrained eye, looks like a salon’s tanning bed, and she has become obsessed with getting her encounter with Gary just right, molding him to her exact desired specs in the process.

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