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# bunk

noun (a bunk, bunks); verb (bunk, bunks, bunked, bunking — informal)

«bunk» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A narrow bed fixed to a wall, as on a ship or train. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunk/#m1)
2. One of two beds built one above the other; a bunk bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunk/#m2)
3. (verb, informal) To sleep somewhere, often with others. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunk/#m3)
4. (British, informal) «bunk off»: to stay away from school or work without permission. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunk/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, brothers and sisters often share bunk beds; at camp everyone gets a bunk. In safety, small children should not sleep in the top bunk and there should be a rail so no one falls. In stories, sailors sleep in bunks on ships. Phrases: «bunk bed», «top/bottom bunk», «bunk off school».

### Examples

- I sleep on the top bunk and my brother on the bottom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunk/#x1)
- At summer camp we each chose a bunk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunk/#x2)
- The sailors climbed into their narrow bunks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunk/#x3)
- Use the ladder to get to the top bunk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunk/#x4)
- We bunked at Grandma's house for the night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunk/#x5)
- Little kids shouldn't sleep on the top bunk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunk/#x6)
- Bunking off school is against the rules. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunk/#x7)
- The train had bunks so passengers could sleep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunk/#x8)

### Note

Countable: a bunk, bunks. «Bunk off» (British) means skipping school — it is truancy and it is not allowed. «That's bunk!» is old slang for «nonsense».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bunk» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bunk/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bunk» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bunk.html) on Mova free.