doss

noun

Definition of dossnext
chiefly British
as in bed
a place set aside for sleeping the living room couch was my doss for the weekend I spent at my friend's Lake District cottage

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  1. bed
  2. bunk
  3. couch
Noun
  • The Nazis tried to take it from Rome during the Second World War, but failed after the head of the Italian Football Federation, Ottorino Barassi, hid it in a shoebox underneath his bed.
    — Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • If this sounds like a lot of work, choose drought-tolerant plants or install drip irrigation around your garden beds.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 July 2026
Definition of bed
Noun
  • The 4,200-square-foot pool house has a game room, dance floor and full bar equipped with 16 bunk beds spread across two bunk rooms.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2026
  • The unit was nearly full, and the only empty spaces were on the top bunks.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Definition of bunk
Noun
  • Placing it in a lower-traffic room rather than using it as the main family couch can also help.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
  • Instead, the story becomes about a solitary mind retelling a story to himself, akin to a patient on the therapist’s couch, a fitting image for an Odysseus of our contemporary age.
    — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of couch
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