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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

더블 침대

Pronunciation / Transliteration: deobeul chimdae

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Double bed/ˈdʌb.əl ˌbed/
nounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #14500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"방 안에는 아늑한 더블 침대가 놓여 있습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A bed of a standard size designed to accommodate two adults.

    "The hotel room was small, featuring only a compact double bed."
  2. 2

    A mattress size measuring approximately 54 inches wide by 75 inches long.

    "We need to buy new fitted sheets that fit a standard double bed."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines the Middle English 'double', derived from Latin 'duplus', meaning two-fold, with 'bed', originating from Old English 'bedd', meaning a couch or resting place. Established as a standard furniture designation during the modernization of domestic spaces in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to distinguish standard two-person mattresses from single beds and larger king-sized variants.

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