twin bed

American  

noun

1. a twin-size bed, especially one of a matching pair in a bedroom; single bed.

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twin bed British  

noun

1. one of a pair of matching single beds

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Etymology

Origin of twin bed

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20

Example Sentences

It features only a single twin bed covered with a simple quilt on a severe-looking iron frame.

From Los Angeles Times

“I painted the walls and outfitted the two twin beds with leopard-print bedspreads,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times

It is summer in the Midwest, hot as soup, and I don a frock the size of a twin bed sheet in cooling cotton.

From Los Angeles Times

In a December 2020 Facebook post, prosecutors said, Quaglin asked whether people wanted to accompany him to Washington, saying, “I have an extra double twin bed available.”

From Seattle Times

Three of those have one twin bed each and a fourth has two beds.

From Los Angeles Times