daybed

Questions about daybed

What does daybed mean?

daybed means "an armless couch; a seat by day and a bed by night". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in daybed?

daybed has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for daybed?

Close synonyms include divan bed, chaise longue, chaise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is daybed a common word?

daybed is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.