double bed
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- noun
- /ˈdʌbəl bɛd/
- I'd like to book a room with a double bed.
- double bed rooms
- sleep in a double bed
- big double bed
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- And there is this sort of tale from history where British soldiers were imprisoned in this prison cell, which was the size of three double beds.
- So tonight she's sleeping in like the big double bed.
- Little like bean bag curtains, double bed.
Examples
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I emptied the clothes from my suitcase and arranged them on the double bed.
Fiction book (1994) -
I lie on the double bed, my head resting on two pillows, wishing for sleep.
Fiction book (1996) -
We have made a double bed in the middle of the room.
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Do you have a room with a double bed?.
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All I want's a double bed.
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Grace and Annie enter the room to find a double bed instead of two twins.
Fiction book (1998) -
I can't fit a double bed in my bedroom.
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Room 6 was spacious, with two double beds and a private bath.
Fiction book (1996) -
Bessie and I would sit up late in our double bed and read mysteries and westerns aloud.
Fiction book (2000) -
I'd like to book a room with a double bed.
Antonyms
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a bed large enough for two people' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'double' (twofold) with 'bed' (sleeping furniture); a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it easily. This adjective + noun composition is a common, compositional pattern found across languages, so the expression is immediately comprehensible rather than idiomatic.
Etymology
Double bed comes from the simple image of a bed that is double in size so it can hold two people together. That's why it means 'a bed large enough for two people to sleep in'.