camp bed

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camp′ bed`

a light folding cot or bed.

[1680–90]

cot

– crib – camp bed

1. 'cot' and 'crib'

In British English, a cot is a bed for a baby. A cot has high sides to prevent the baby from falling out. In American English, a bed like this is called a crib.

Put your baby's cot beside your bed.

I asked for a crib to put the baby in.

2. 'cot' and 'camp bed'

In American English, a cot is a narrow bed for an adult. It is made of canvas fitted over a frame, and you can fold it up. You take it with you when you go camping, or you use it as a spare bed at home. In British English, a bed like this is called a camp bed.

His bodyguards slept on the cots.

I had to sleep on a camp bed in the living room.

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Noun

camp bed - a small bed that folds up for storage or transport

cot

bed - a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep; "he sat on the edge of the bed"; "the room had only a bed and chair"

leg - one of the supports for a piece of furniture

Translations

سَريرُ سَفَرسَرِيرٌ سَفَرِيّ

skládací lehátko

feltseng

Feldbett Campingliege

ράντζο

cama plegable

telttasänkykenttävuode

lit de camp

poljski krevet

kempingágy

tjald-/ferîabeddi

brandina letto da campo

キャンプベッド

야전 침대

kampeerbed

campingseng feltseng

łóżko polowe

cama de armar cama de campanha

раскладушка

tältsäng

เตียงผ้าใบน้ำหนักเบา

kamp yatağıportatif karyolaportatif yatak

giường gấp nhẹ

行军床

camp bed

n (Brit) → brandina

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

camp

(kӕmp) noun

1. a piece of ground with tents pitched on it.

2. a collection of buildings, huts or tents in which people stay temporarily for a certain purpose. a holiday camp.

3. a military station, barracks etc.

4. a party or side. They belong to different political camps.

verb

(also go camping) to set up, and live in, a tent / tents. We camped on the beach; We go camping every year.

ˈcamper noun

1. a person who goes camping.

2. (especially American) a motor-caravan.

ˈcamping noun

camp bed (American cot)

a light folding bed (not only for camping). The visitor will have to sleep on a camp bed.

camp-fire noun

the fire on which campers cook, and round which they sit in the evening etc.

ˈcampsite noun

a piece of land on which tents may be pitched.

camp bed

→ سَرِيرٌ سَفَرِيّ skládací lehátko feltseng Campingliege ράντζο cama plegable telttasänky lit de camp poljski krevet brandina キャンプベッド 야전 침대 kampeerbed campingseng łóżko polowe cama de armar, cama de campanha раскладушка tältsäng เตียงผ้าใบน้ำหนักเบา portatif karyola giường gấp nhẹ 行军床

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D'Artagnan, taking with him three trusses of straw, returned to the chateau, where everybody, freezing with cold and more than half asleep, envied the king, the queen, and the Duke of Orleans, on their camp beds. The lieutenant's entrance produced a burst of laughter in the great drawing-room; but he did not appear to notice that he was the object of general attention, but began to arrange, with so much cleverness, nicety and gayety, his straw bed, that the mouths of all these poor creatures, who could not go to sleep, began to water.

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