bunk
/bʌŋk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.45 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A cot.
noun
A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.
American usage
noun
A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.
American usage
verb
To occupy a bunk.
Example Sentences
- "Jane sleeps in the top bunk, and her little sister Lauren takes the bottom bunk."
- "The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks ; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]"
- "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."
- "Don’t leave your bunk unlocked."
- "Then, we can train in the bunk. Right, Vinod? We can train anywhere. Today you help the Armskote."
- "Due to bed shortages, Jeff and Paul had to bunk together."
Etymology
Sense of sleeping berth possibly from Scottish Scottish English bunker (“seat, bench”), the origin of which is uncertain but possibly Scandinavian (North Germanic); compare Old Swedish bunke (“boards used to protect the cargo of a ship”). Possibly related to bunch.