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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

이층 침대

Pronunciation / Transliteration: icheung chimdae

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Bunk bed/ˈbʌŋk ˌbɛd/
nounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #4500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"아이들이 이층 침대에서 자는 것을 좋아합니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A type of bed in which one frame is stacked on top of another, allowing two beds to occupy the floor space usually required by one.

    "The two brothers shared a room and slept in a bunk bed."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word bunk originated in American English around the mid-19th century, likely of uncertain Scandinavian origin or related to a sleeping berth on a ship. Bed derives from Old English bedd, stemming from Proto-Germanic *badja-. Combined as bunk bed, it refers specifically to stacked sleeping frames popularized for space-saving efficiency.

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