chair bed

noun

1. a chair that can be opened out to form a bed.
2. bed chair.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chair bed¹

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

They travelled to the warehouse on Friday to pick up supplies prepared for them, including clothes, shoes, toys, a high chair, bed guard, potty training kit, nappies and toiletries.

From BBC

On its website, shoppers choose a shape for a lounge chair, bed, room divider or other piece, and then select from about 150 textile patterns, including translations of terrazzo and malachite, leafy botanicals and galloping zebras licensed from the revered design house Scalamandré.

From New York Times

They pulled James Williams from a bed to a mobile chair bed.

From Washington Post

“I would never talk about how someone was in any furniture — chair, bed, coffee table or otherwise,” the actress tweeted.

From Los Angeles Times

Custom-made means picking out a chair, bed, table or sofa from the showroom floor, then waiting two or three months while it is built to your specifications and delivered.

From Washington Post