Murphy bed

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Murphy bed

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From inventor William L. Murphy + bed.

noun Murphy beds

  1. Canada, US A light type of bed designed to be folded up or swung into a wall or closet for storage when not in use. We lived in just one room with a Murphy bed and a kitchen that looked out on the alley.

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noun bed that folds up into the wall

Españolcama abatible, cama plegable
Portuguêscama retrátil
Françaislit escamotable
DeutschSchrankbett
Italianoletto a scomparsa
Românăpat rabatabil
Русскийскладна́я кровать skladnája krovatʹ
العربيةسرير مورفي
עבריתמיטת קיר

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@misc{murphy_bed_2026,
  title = {Murphy bed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/murphy%20bed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}