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sun·bed

 (sŭn′bĕd′)
n.
See tanning bed.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

sunbed

(ˈsʌnˌbɛd)
n
1. a piece of equipment, usually consisting of rows of lights, which surrounds a person with ultraviolet rays in order to induce an artificial suntan
2. a bed or couch for lying on in the sun
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
Translations
solárium
solarium
solarium
solarij
日光浴用ベッド
선베드
solstol
เตียงอาบแดด
ghế nằm phơi nắng

sunbed

[ˈsʌnbed] N → cama f solar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sunbed

[ˈsʌnbɛd] n
(with sunlamp) → cabine f à UV, solarium m
(= sunlounger) → chaise f longue
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sunbed

[ˈsʌnˌbɛd] n → lettino solare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

sunbed

→ حَمَّامُ شَمْس solárium solarium Sonnenbank ξαπλώστρα παραλίας cama de rayos ultravioleta solarium lit de bronzage solarij lettino solare 日光浴用ベッド 선베드 zonnebank solseng leżak solário солярий solstol เตียงอาบแดด güneşlenme yatağı ghế nằm phơi nắng 日光浴浴床
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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