Murphy bed

English

Etymology

From inventor William L. Murphy + bed.

Noun

Murphy bed (plural Murphy beds)

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. [from 20th c.]
   • 2021, Rickie Lee Jones, Last Chance Texaco, Grove Press, published 2022, page 104:

     We lived in just one room with a Murphy bed and a kitchen that looked out on the alley.

Translations

bed that folds up into the wall

• Arabic: سرير مورفي
• Dutch: opklapbed (nl) n
• French: lit escamotable m
• German: Schrankbett n
• Hebrew: מיטת קיר
• Italian: letto a scomparsa m
• Polish: składane łóżko n
• Portuguese: cama retrátil
• Romanian: pat rabatabil
• Russian: складна́я кровать (skladnája krovatʹ)
• Spanish: cama abatible, cama plegable

See also

• bunk bed
• trundle bed

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967