rollaway
- noun
- /ˈroʊləˌweɪ/
- US
- He slept on a rollaway bed in the nursery, got the boys up in the morning, read stories to them at night, and took dirty diapers, flying farina, and splashy baths in stride.
- rollaway bed
- rollaway cot
Examples
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I'll get a rollaway.
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The hotel provided a rollaway bed for my extra guest.
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Look I could rent you the rollaway for the boy.
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I will take the rollaway.
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Well how much is the rollaway?
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The rollaway bed's still up there.
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I'm sure they can also offer a rollaway.
Blog text (6) -
You can't sleep on the rollaway.
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Teresa volunteered herself and John for the rollaway couch.
Fiction book (1996) -
She turned and crossed to the unmade rollaway bed.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
A low bed on wheels that pulls out from under another bed
A low bed on wheels stored under a higher bed for extra sleeping space
Antonyms
How Storable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rollaway names a small folding bed and comes from roll ('to move on wheels') and away ('out of the way'). That helps you remember a rollaway bed is one you can roll away into a closet when it is not needed.