twin bed
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1.6
- noun
- /twɪn bɛd/
- US
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- There are two twin beds in the room.
- room with twin beds
- two twin beds
- sleep in twin beds
They slept in different beds, like twin beds, and they were in snow suits when they went to bed.
- They slept in different beds, like twin beds, and they were in snow suits when they went to bed.
- I always for years on years, I want to stay until like I moved into this house, I slept in a twin bed.
- It was just like a little little twin bed and it was just me and, and just, I'm rehearsing Radiohead's Creep ad nauseam.
Examples
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The third guest bedroom on this level has two twin beds done in a colorful patchwork pattern.
Blog text (29) -
I have a room with twin beds.
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I sit down on the other twin bed, and my first words surprise me.
Fiction book (1998) -
It's still got the old twin bed in it.
Fiction book (2002) -
There was a telephone on the table between the two twin beds.
Fiction book (2000) -
Siggy's room has twin beds arranged head to head against the corner.
Fiction book (1991) -
Restless but used to close quarters, they paced around the twin beds.
Fiction book (1991) -
Barak was lounging on a twin bed in his underwear and a heavy bathrobe, reading Paris-Soir.
Fiction book (1993) -
Her quarters were plainly furnished with institutional twin beds, desks, and chairs of oak veneer.
Fiction book (1994) -
The room they are given has two twin beds and a small bathroom with a shower.
Synonyms
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1.0
A bed for one person to sleep in
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Morphology
The meaning 'one of a pair of single beds' is directly and compositionally derived from 'twin' (forming a matching pair) + 'bed' (sleeping furniture). This straightforward adjective+noun combination follows common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
Twin bed comes from the idea of two matching single beds in one room: twin means a matching 'pair' and bed is for 'one person'. So a twin bed is one of a pair of single beds often put side by side in a shared room.