bunk
bunk1 / bəngk/ • n. a narrow shelflike bed, typically one of two or more arranged one on top of the other.• v. [intr.] sleep in shared quarters as a temporary arrangement: they bunk together in the dormitory.bunk2 • n. inf. nonsense: anyone with a brain cell would never believe such bunk.
bunk
bunk1 sleeping-berth in a ship. etc. XIX. of unkn. orig.; perh. rel. to BUNKER.
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