double bed

English

Noun

double bed (plural double beds)

1. (UK, US) A bed designed for two adults, typically measuring 54 by 75 inches (1.35 by 1.9 meters).
   • 1980 [1962], Ian Fleming, chapter 13, in The Spy Who Loved Me, →ISBN, page 196:

     ‘If you sleep on the floor, I’ll sleep on the floor too. But it seems rather a waste of a fine double bed.[’]

Synonyms

• full bed

Hypernyms

• bed

Translations

a bed designed for two adults

Bulgarian: легло́ персо́н и полови́на n (legló persón i polovína) Catalan: llit doble Danish: dobbeltseng (da) c Dutch: tweepersoonsbed (nl) n Finnish: parisänky (fi), parivuode (fi) French: lit double m German: Doppelbett (de) n Hungarian: franciaágy (hu), kétszemélyes ágy Icelandic: hjónarúm (is), tvíbreitt rúm n Irish: leaba dhúbailte f Italian: letto matrimoniale (it), letto a due piazze (it) m Norwegian: Bokmål: dobbeltseng m or f Nynorsk: dobbeltseng f Polish: podwójne łóżko n Portuguese: cama de casal Russian: двуспа́льная крова́ть f (dvuspálʹnaja krovátʹ) Spanish: cama de matrimonio Tajik: кати дукаса (kat-i dukasa) Thai: เตียงคู่ Turkish: çift kişilik yatak Welsh: gwely dwbl (cy)

See also

• single bed
• queen-size (60 inches wide by 80 inches long)
• king-sized
• California king