single bed
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- noun
- /ˈsɪŋɡəl bɛd/
- UK
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cama individual
- The small guest room only had a single bed for visitors.
- rooms with single bed
- two single beds
- bedroom with single bed
So it's, but you have this, you have a bunk, you know, which is, which is just a single bed with a curtain.
- So it's, but you have this, you have a bunk, you know, which is, which is just a single bed with a curtain.
- This bed's mine and it's like a single bed, which I haven't slept in since I was a a youth.
- Things got if possible worse in one bedroom, lying in a single bed or two inert women.
- That's that I was used to two single beds, quite tight.
Examples
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Room 604 was a narrow, dark room almost completely filled by a single bed and a large dark wardrobe.
Fiction book (1990) -
Her room accommodated a single bed, a bookshelf, and a small dresser for clothes.
Fiction book (2002) -
No, I only have one single bed.
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Being in a single bed makes me feel like a teenager again.
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And would you prefer two single beds or one double, Mr...?
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I have already ordered a single bed, but I'm afraid it's going to be uncomfortable.
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A single bed was pushed against the wall next to a chest of drawers.
Fiction book (1991) -
There was only a trunk and a single bed, no rug, no pictures, no bedspread.
Fiction book (1999) -
Nadia peers around the door to find John standing next to a narrow, monk-like single bed.
Fiction book (2001) -
The curtains are faded, the wallpaper peeling, but the clothes laid out across the single bed are beautiful.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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A single bed for one person, often used in pairs in a shared room
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Single bed comes from the simple picture of a single bed, meaning a bed made for 'one person' rather than two. That's why it means 'a bed for one person'.