bunk bed

noun

A type of furniture with two or more beds stacked vertically, one directly above the other, in order to save floorspace.

“He had dibs on the top bunk bed.”

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Meanings

nounbunk bed (plural bunk beds)

plural bunk beds · alternative bunkbed

  1. A type of furniture with two or more beds stacked vertically, one directly above the other, in order to save floorspace.

    He had dibs on the top bunk bed.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounbeds built one above the other

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bunk
Broader
bed
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bunk

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From bunk + bed.

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Translations

Arabic سَرِير بِطَابَقَيْن
  • سَرِير بِطَابَقَيْن (sarīr biṭābaqayn)two or more beds fixed on top of one another
Catalan llitera
  • lliteratwo or more beds fixed on top of one another
Chinese Cantonese 碌架床
  • 碌架床two or more beds fixed on top of one another
Chinese Mandarin 雙層床 /双层床, 上下鋪 /上下铺
  • 雙層床 /双层床 (shuāngcéngchuáng)two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • 上下鋪 /上下铺 (shàngxiàpù)two or more beds fixed on top of one another
Czech palanda
  • palandatwo or more beds fixed on top of one another
Danish køje
  • køjetwo or more beds fixed on top of one another
Dutch stapelbed
  • stapelbedtwo or more beds fixed on top of one another
Esperanto etaĝlito
  • etaĝlitotwo or more beds fixed on top of one another
Finnish kerrossänky
  • kerrossänkytwo or more beds fixed on top of one another
French lit superposé, lits superposés
  • lit superposétwo or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • lits superposéstwo or more beds fixed on top of one another
German Stockbett, Etagenbett
  • Stockbetttwo or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • Etagenbetttwo or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • Hochbetttwo or more beds fixed on top of one another
Hungarian emeletes ágy
  • emeletes ágytwo or more beds fixed on top of one another
Irish leaba bhuinc
  • leaba bhuinctwo or more beds fixed on top of one another
Italian letto a castello
  • letto a castellotwo or more beds fixed on top of one another
Korean 2층침대
  • 2층침대 (2cheungchimdae)two or more beds fixed on top of one another
Norwegian Bokmål køyeseng
  • køyesengtwo or more beds fixed on top of one another
Polish łóżko piętrowe
  • łóżko piętrowetwo or more beds fixed on top of one another
Portuguese beliche
  • belichetwo or more beds fixed on top of one another
Russian двухъярусная крова́ть
  • двухъярусная крова́ть (dvuxʺjarusnaja krovátʹ)two or more beds fixed on top of one another
Spanish litera
  • literatwo or more beds fixed on top of one another
Swedish våningssäng
  • våningssängtwo or more beds fixed on top of one another
Turkish ranza
  • ranzatwo or more beds fixed on top of one another
Ukrainian двоя́русне лі́жко
  • двоя́русне лі́жко (dvojárusne lížko)two or more beds fixed on top of one another
Vietnamese giường tầng
  • giường tầngtwo or more beds fixed on top of one another
Welsh gwely bwnc, gwelyau bwnc
  • gwely bwnctwo or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • gwelyau bwnctwo or more beds fixed on top of one another
Cite this entry
APA

bunk bed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bunk%20bed

MLA

“bunk bed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bunk%20bed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bunk bed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bunk%20bed.

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