Bunk
[bʌŋk]
Definition
(noun.) a rough bed (as at a campsite).
(noun.) a long trough for feeding cattle.
(noun.) unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements).
(verb.) provide with a bunk; 'We bunked the children upstairs'.
Typist: Morton--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.
(n.) One of a series of berths or bed places in tiers.
(n.) A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.
(v. i.) To go to bed in a bunk; -- sometimes with in.
Editor: Ryan
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [Colloquial U.S.] Berth, bed.
v. n. [Colloquial U.S.] Lie (in a bunk), sleep.
Editor: Sonya
Definition
n. a box or recess in a ship's cabin a sleeping-berth anywhere.—v.i. to occupy the same bunk sleep together.—n. Bunk′er a large bin or chest used for stowing various things as coals &c.: a hazard in a golf-links originally confined to sand-pits but now often used for hazards generally.
Editor: Sidney
Examples
- In the bunk in the corner, her brother lay asleep. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I have seen the Red planes when they were something serious, the soldier on the bunk said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Or rain, the soldier on the bunk said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- What you found,' said Mortimer, glancing rather shrinkingly towards the bunk; 'is it here? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Inside the sawmill one of the soldiers was sitting on his bunk and greasing his boots. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Another lay in his bunk sleeping. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Here we have little of that, the soldier on the bunk said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Typist: Ora