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Plural of bunk

regular plural

The plural of bunk is bunks.

Forms of bunk

Singularbunk /bʌŋk/
Pluralbunks /bʌŋks/
Countablecountable

Bunks in a sentence

  • When the ship reached Melbourne two days later we collared a couple of cases of apples from the hold and hid them in our bunks.1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 94
  • The speed at which macks circulated for trades would slow down as pouches piled up under bunks.2016, Charles Wheelan, Naked Money: A Revealing Look at Our Financial System. From the entry mack
  • Matt and Bernie had the lower bunks and the Indian the upper: a deference to their Caucasianness.1979, Dale Riepe, The Owl Flies by Day, page 116. From the entry Caucasianness
  • He provided for a hot mess and he got the men up off the floor with improvised bunks.1974, Langdon Sully, No Tears for the General: The Life of Alfred Sully, 1821-1879, page 119. From the entry hot mess
  • After supper, the men sprawled in their bunks or along the deacon-seat, and fearsomely they spat and swore, and fearsomely they lied.1967, Rober E. Pike, Tall Trees, Tough Men, published 1999, →ISBN, page 62. From the entry fearsomely

Meaning of bunk

  1. noun One of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers.
  2. noun A built-in bed on board ship, often erected in tiers one above the other.
  3. noun A cot.

Full definition of bunk

Questions about the plural of bunk

What is the plural of bunk?
The plural of bunk is bunks.
Is bunk countable?
Bunk is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bunk (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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