Phrase guide

bunk bed

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He had dibs on the top bunk bed.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

beds built one above the other

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bunk

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bed

History

Etymology

From bunk + bed.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَرِير بِطَابَقَيْن (sarīr biṭābaqayn) — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • Catalan: llitera — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • Chinese Cantonese: 碌架床 — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雙層床 /双层床 (shuāngcéngchuáng) — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • Chinese Mandarin: 上下鋪 /上下铺 (shàngxiàpù) — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • Cornish: gweli bynk — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • Czech: palanda — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • Danish: køje — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • Dutch: stapelbed — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • Esperanto: etaĝlito — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • Finnish: kerrossänky — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • French: lit superposé — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • French: lits superposés — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • German: Stockbett — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • German: Etagenbett — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • German: Hochbett — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • Hungarian: emeletes ágy — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • Irish: leaba bhuinc — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • Italian: letto a castello — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • Korean: 2층침대 (2cheungchimdae) — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • Norwegian Bokmål: køyeseng — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: køyeseng — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: køyseng — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • Polish: łóżko piętrowe — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • Portuguese: beliche — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • Russian: двухъярусная крова́ть (dvuxʺjarusnaja krovátʹ) — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • Spanish: litera — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • Swedish: våningssäng — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • Turkish: ranza — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • Ukrainian: двоя́русне лі́жко (dvojárusne lížko) — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • Vietnamese: giường tầng — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • Welsh: gwely bwnc — two or more beds fixed on top of one another
  • Welsh: gwelyau bwnc — two or more beds fixed on top of one another