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camp′ bed`
n.
a light folding cot or bed.
[1680–90]
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cot
crib camp bed1. '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 | 1. | camp bed - a small bed that folds up for storage or transport 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 |
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Translations
سَريرُ سَفَرسَرِيرٌ سَفَرِيّ
skládací lehátko
feltseng
telttasänkykenttävuode
poljski krevet
kempingágy
tjald-/ferîabeddi
キャンプベッド
야전 침대
tältsäng
เตียงผ้าใบน้ำหนักเบา
kamp yatağıportatif karyolaportatif yatak
giường gấp nhẹ
camp bed
n (Brit) → brandinaCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
camp
(kӕmp) noun1. 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 noun1. a person who goes camping.
2. (especially American) a motor-caravan.
ˈcamping nouncamp 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.
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camp bed
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