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bunk

[buhngk] / bʌŋk /


NOUN
twin bed, usually stacked; place to sleep
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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Who’ll get up the bunk bed ladder first?

From Slate • May 10, 2026

She says there are no English-speakers in her cell, in which she sleeps on a metal bunk.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

“We just bought our kids a pretty nice set of bunk beds,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

In a public bomb shelter two storeys underground, one woman lay sleeping on a bunk bed in the mid-afternoon, while another worked at their laptop.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

I’ll tell you the truth—the orphanage was horrible, and I had to sleep on the top of a triple-decker bunk bed that was so high, I was squished against the ceiling.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar




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