Definition of Double bed

1. Noun. A bed wide enough to accommodate two sleepers.

Generic synonyms: Bed

Definition of Double bed

1. Noun. ''(US and UK)'' A bed designed for two adults, also called a full bed. A normal double bed is made for two people measuring 54 by 75 inches (1.35 by 1.9 meters). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Double Bed

double antibody method
double antibody precipitation
double back
double back cross
double bar
double bar line
double bar lines
double bed
double beds
double belly buster
double belly busters
double biceps
double bill
double bills
double bind
double bind theory
double birdie
double blind
double bluff
double bluffs
double bogey
double bogeys

Literary usage of Double bed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1880)
"I cannot do better than commence what I have to say concerning beds and bedding by protesting against the double bed. The system of having beds in which two ..."

2. A Pleasant Peregrination Through the Prettiest Parts of Pennsylvania by Philip Houlbrooke Nicklin (1836)
"... Hotel—Good table—Where a Hotel should be built—Youth of Town—Rapid growth— Site—Beginning of Rail Road—Little chamber— Great cleanliness—double bed, &c. ..."

3. A Development of the Principles and Plans on which to Establish Self by Robert Owen (1841)
"A Floor divided with temporary partitions, so as to contain 16 double Bed-rooms, with 4 other Apartments. Fig. 2. A Floor containing 28 single Beds. Fig. 3. ..."

4. Romantic Weekends in Virginia, Washington DC and Maryland by Norman Renove, Norman Renouf, Kathy Renouf (2000)
"The first-floor Sweet William Room is furnished with an eight-foot-high Lincoln double bed, an Empire dresser, an armoire, Oriental rugs, bookcases, ..."

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