twin bed

noun

1. a twin-size bed, especially one of a matching pair in a bedroom; single bed.

twin bed

noun

1. one of a pair of matching single beds

Word History and Origins

Origin of twin bed¹

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20

Example Sentences

It features only a single twin bed covered with a simple quilt on a severe-looking iron frame.

From Los Angeles Times

He met my happy laugh with a sly one and said just enough for me to imagine the scene: Atlanta apartment, twin bed, 1971.

From Salon

“I painted the walls and outfitted the two twin beds with leopard-print bedspreads,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times

“But I must have had a look on my face because he shook his head and laughed. ‘Don’t worry, I’ve got twin beds,’ he said.

From Salon

It is summer in the Midwest, hot as soup, and I don a frock the size of a twin bed sheet in cooling cotton.

From Los Angeles Times