bunk
Betekenis (Engels)
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- One of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers.
- A built-in bed on board ship, often erected in tiers one above the other.
- A cot.
- A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.
- A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.
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built in bed
feed bunk
plank bed
to do a bunk
take to the woods
sleeping-place
chain dog
empty talk
place to sleep
sleeping-accomodation
tommy rot
eye hook
squeak by
squeak through
chain hook
corbel-piece
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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/bʌŋk/
Etymologie (Engels)
Sense of sleeping berth possibly from Scottish English bunker (“seat, bench”), origin is uncertain but possibly Scandinavian. Compare Old Swedish bunke (“boards used to protect the cargo of a ship”). See also boarding, flooring and compare bunch.
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