box-bed
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A bed that is completely enclosed to provide the occupant with privacy, resembling a freestanding box or built into a wall.
Example Sentences
- "She had turned when they reached the candle-lit attic with its high uncurtained windows and its red-covered box beds […]."
- "James locked up before going to bed in the kitchen but awoke early next morning to hear footsteps beyond the closed wooden shtters of his box-bed."
- "Perhaps the wood had warped too much during the monsoon, I thought, and the lid of the old box-bed did not fit properly."
- "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"."