Dictionary

Murphy bed en · NOUN

Etymology

From inventor William L. Murphy + bed.

Meanings

1. (Canada, US) A light type of bed designed to be folded up or swung into a wall or closet for storage when not in use.
   • We lived in just one room with a Murphy bed and a kitchen that looked out on the alley. 2021, Rickie Lee Jones, Last Chance Texaco, Grove Press, published 2022, page 104:

Forms

Relateds

bunk bed · trundle bed

Translations (13)

de Schrankbett (bed that folds up into the wall) · es cama plegable (bed that folds up into the wall) · pl składane łóżko (bed that folds up into the wall) · he מיטת קיר (bed that folds up into the wall) · is skáprúm (bed that folds up into the wall) · it letto a scomparsa (bed that folds up into the wall) · ru складна́я кровать (bed that folds up into the wall) · fr lit escamotable (bed that folds up into the wall) · ar سرير مورفي (bed that folds up into the wall) · nl opklapbed (bed that folds up into the wall) · pt cama retrátil (bed that folds up into the wall) · ro pat rabatabil (bed that folds up into the wall) · es cama abatible (bed that folds up into the wall)