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bunkie

bunkie

9.9
A thin board placed under a mattress to support it
  • noun
  • /ˈbʌŋki/
  • US
translation icon : tablero de soporte
  • We bought a bunkie to make the mattress firmer on our son's bed.

Examples

  • The old bed frame needed a bunkie to support the new mattress properly.

  • The mattress sagged without a proper bunkie.

  • If your bed feels too soft, adding a bunkie can help improve support.

  • He placed the mattress on the bunkie carefully.

  • We bought a bunkie to make the mattress firmer on our son's bed.

  • The old bed frame needed a bunkie to support the new mattress properly.

  • If your bed feels too soft, adding a bunkie can help improve support.

How Supportive

platform bed
1 3.0
box spring
  • US
5 3.2
board
274 1.0
bunkie
  • US
9.9
slat
16 4.0

Surface Forms

bunkie singular
bunkies plural

Morphology

bunkie = bunk (semi-transparent) = bunk + ie

Derived from 'bunk' with '-ie', but this furniture-specific meaning (a thin platform under a mattress) is specialized and not fully predictable from the base alone.

Etymology

Bunkie in the sense of a thin board comes from bunk 'bed' with the little -ie 'small', so it names a flat board placed under a mattress to help support the bed.