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View synonyms for daybed

daybed

[ dey-bed ]

noun

  1. a couch that can be used as a sofa by day and a bed by night.
  2. a couch, especially of the 17th or 18th century, in the form of a usually armless chair, with a greatly elongated seat supported by extra legs and a slanted, sometimes hinged, back, used for reclining or sleeping during the day.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of daybed1

First recorded in 1585–95; day + bed

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Example Sentences

There was just enough room for a desk and chair and a small daybed for naps.

To say nothing of the daybed in the living room for Em and himself.

Gramps had then moved the daybed before the television screen, so that he could watch from a reclining position.

Mrs. Marborough, still garbed in night clothing, lay on the daybed, her face ashen.

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