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Definition of Double bed
1. Noun. A bed wide enough to accommodate two sleepers.
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
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, ..."