bunk

Meaning

1. One of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers.
2. A built-in bed on board ship, often erected in tiers one above the other.
3. A cot.
4. A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.
5. A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.

berth

cot

built in bed

feed bunk

plank bed

to do a bunk

take to the woods

sleeping-place

chain dog

empty talk

place to sleep

play hookey

sleeping-accomodation

take flight

tommy rot

eye hook

squeak by

squeak through

chain hook

corbel-piece

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bʌŋk/

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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