Meanings
nounday bed (plural day beds)
plural day beds
- alternativeAlternative spelling of daybed (“A bed or sofa used specially for daytime.”).
Lionel Kessler, relaxing perhaps on a Louis Quinze day bed, garlanded all round with lines of beauty, seeing welcome proof that his clever maligned young friend was a mensch.
2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
nounconvertible consisting of an upholstered couch that can be converted into a double bed
Similar
studio couch
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Chicago
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