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boxbed

boxbed is the alternative form of box-bed.

Meaning of box-bed

Noun

box-bed (plural box-beds)

  1. A bed that is completely enclosed to provide the occupant with privacy, resembling a freestanding box or built into a wall.
    • She had turned when they reached the candle-lit attic with its high uncurtained windows and its red-covered box beds […].1915, Dorothy Richardson, Pointed Roofs, Broadview, published 2014, page 78
  2. A bed that has the form of a large box for storage, with the lid of the box serving as the sleeping platform.
    • Perhaps the wood had warped too much during the monsoon, I thought, and the lid of the old box-bed did not fit properly.2013, Ruskin Bond, Tales of Fosterganj, →ISBN
  3. A bed that folds up to form a box.
    • After many unsuccessful attempts, a "box-bed" was developed which met all requirements for packing practicability and of eye appeal for the owners. The boxes are supplied with a folding panel at one end which, when tilted back, becomes the head-board of the "bed".1947, Modern Packaging, page 99

Forms of boxbed

pluralboxbeds

Questions about boxbed

What is boxbed the alternative form of?
Boxbed is the alternative form of box-bed.

Words near boxbed in the dictionary

  1. Boxadors
  2. boxaerobics
  3. Boxall
  4. boxart
  5. boxball
  6. boxbed
  7. boxbeds
  8. Boxberger
  9. boxberries
  10. boxberry
  11. boxboard

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