Word: Bed
How to pronounce: bed
Noun
Definitions:
1. A piece of furniture for sleep or rest, typically a framework with a mattress and coverings.
Example sentences: "A large double bed"
2. The bottom of the sea or a lake or river.
Example sentences: "The gravelly bed of the stream"
3. An area of ground, typically in a garden, where flowers and plants are grown.
Example sentences: "A bed of tulips"
4. A stratum or layer of rock.
Example sentences: "A bed of clay"
5. A layer of food on which other foods are served.
Example sentences: "The salad is served on a bed of raw spinach"
6. A flat base or foundation on which something rests or is supported.
Verb
Definitions:
1. Settle down to sleep or rest for the night in an improvised place.
Example sentences: "He usually bedded down on newspapers in the church porch"
2. Transfer (a plant) from a pot or seed tray to a garden plot.
Example sentences: "I bedded out these houseplants"
3. Fix firmly; embed.
Example sentences: "The posts should be firmly bedded in concrete"
Abbreviation
Definitions:
1. Bachelor of Education.
Example sentences: "Rose of Tralee Orla O'Shea swapped her tiara for a mortarboard yesterday when she graduated from Mary Immaculate teacher training college in Limerick.Orla, who was conferred with a BEd, teaches in a girls' school in Swords, Co Dublin."
Synonyms:
bedclothes
cot
berth
bunk
bedstead
couch
lodging
sleep
sack
lodge
rest
slumber
asleep
seam
layer
stratum
pad
headboard
garden bed
flower bed
bottom
floor
sleep together
Derivations:
bedroom
bedding
bedside
bedhead
bedtime
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Bed in Other Languages...
Spanish: Cama
German: Bett
French: Lit
Italian: Letto
Turkish: Yatak
