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rollaway

rollaway

2 3.7
A folding bed on wheels that you fold and store
  • noun
  • /ˈroʊləˌweɪ/
  • US
translation icon : cama plegable
  • 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

Synonyms

trundle
vsrollaway
4 8.3

A low bed on wheels that pulls out from under another bed

is a folding bed on wheels meant to be moved and stored apart
truckle
vsrollaway
  • Archaic
9.9

A low bed on wheels stored under a higher bed for extra sleeping space

is a folding bed on wheels that folds and is stored separately

Antonyms

1 3.6

A bed fixed into the wall or floor of a room

How Storable

air mattress
10 2.0
rollaway
  • US
2 3.7
sofa bed
5 2.6
bed
1.0

Surface Forms

rollaway singular
rollaways plural

Morphology

rollaway = roll + away (transparent) = roll + away

The noun denotes an item that can be rolled away; the composition from 'roll' + 'away' gives a directly inferable meaning.

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.