twin-size

or twin-sized

[ twin-sahyz ]

/ ˈtwɪnˌsaɪz /

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adjective

(of a bed) approximately 39 inches (99 centimeters) wide and between 75 and 76 inches (191 and 193 centimeters) long; single.

pertaining to or made for a twin-size bed: twin-size sheets.

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Origin of twin-size

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby twin-size

twin paradox, Twin Peaks, Twins, twin-screw, twinset, twin-size, twin town, twin-tub, twirl, twirler, twirp

How to use twin-size in a sentence

Twin buglers played “Taps” and three police helicopters flew overhead in the missing-man formation.
Funeral Protest Is Too Much for NYPD Union Boss|Michael Daly|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Families stuff a life-size male doll with memories of the outgoing year and dress him in their clothing.
New Year’s Eve, Babylon Style|Candida Moss|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Target was established in 1962 by the Dayton brothers as a discount offshoot of their eponymous Twin Cities department store.
Best Buy Punches Back at Amazon|William O’Connor|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Twin girls, Greta and Grace, run around the floor in circles, wearing pink playsuits with tiny pink wings attached.
A Sunni-Shia Love Story Imperiled by al Qaeda|Ruth Michaelson|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In 2013, with a similar-size budget but more detainees, the cost worked out to about $2.7 million per detainee.
Fact-Checking the Sunday Shows: Dec 21|PunditFact.com|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Truth is a torch, but one of enormous size; so that we slink past it in rather a blinking fashion for fear it should burn us.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
But just wishing never made anyone larger or taller, not even a pig, and Squinty stayed the same size.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
The great park which surrounded it was one of the most celebrated in all England, celebrated alike for its size and its beauty.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
All were of small size, and in good part devoted to spirited political discussion.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
A girl of forty-two weeks showed the same excitement at the sight of a life-size painting of a cat as at that of a real cat.
Children's Ways|James Sully