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uk/bʌŋk/us/bʌŋk/bunk noun (BED)
[ C often plural ] also bunk bed one of two beds attached together, one on top of the other:
The twins sleep in bunk beds.
Can I sleep in the top bunk?
[ C ] a narrow bed that is attached to a wall, especially in a boat or a train
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Beds & parts of beds
- air mattress
- airbed
- bassinet
- bed
- bedpost
- berth
- carrycot
- couch
- couchette
- crib
- divan
- double bed
- headboard
- Li-lo
- mattress
- queen-size
- rollaway
- trundle bed
- twin bed
- waterbed
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bunk noun (NONSENSE)
[ U ] old-fashioned informal also bunkum, uk/ˈbʌŋ.kəm/uscomplete nonsense or something that is not true:
Most economists think his theories are sheer bunk.
bunk noun (FOR FUEL)
Indian English [ C ] → petrol bunk
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On the road: petrol stations, garages & repair shops
- body shop
- bowser
- breaker's yard
- car wash
- filling station
- garage
- gas
- gas (sth) up
- gas station
- lube job
- MOT
- petrol bunk
- petrol station
- service
- service station
- truck stop
bunk noun (LEAVE)
do a bunk UK old-fashioned slang
to leave suddenly and unexpectedly:
They'd done a bunk without paying the rent.
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Running away and escaping
- abscond
- back away
- back off
- bail out
- be at large idiom
- be on the run idiom
- fugitive
- gaolbreak
- getaway
- go/be run to ground idiom
- heel
- jailbreak
- leg
- loose
- shake sb/sth off
- shoot through
- skedaddle
- slip
- stand clear
- throw
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