Bed

Quick meaning: Bed is a noun meaning (countable) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.

Meaning

(countable) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.

More Meanings

1. A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
2. (heading) A horizontal layer or surface.
3. Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.
4. Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.

Example Sentences

My cat often sleeps on my bed.

The meats and cheeses lay on a bed of lettuce.

I keep a glass of water next to my bed when I sleep.

At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of her bed, and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them[…].

Word Forms

• beds
• bedding
• bedded

Synonyms for bed

Depending on context, synonyms include hay, kip, rack, sack, bang, love.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include seam, screw, bottom, hump, bonk, bang.

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