double bed

English

A double bed with a steel frame.

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

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

• 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