A piece of furniture for reclining and sleeping, typically consisting of a flat, rectangular frame and a mattress resting on springs. A bedstead. A mattress.
A place where one may sleep; lodging: found bed and board at an inn. Accommodations for a single person at a hospital or institution: a maternity ward with 30 beds.
A time at which one goes to sleep: drank milk before bed.
A place for lovemaking.
A marital relationship with its rights and intimacies.
A small plot of cultivated or planted land: a flower bed. An underwater or intertidal area in which a particular organism is established in large numbers: a clam bed; an oyster bed.
The ground surface below a body of water such as a sea, lake, or stream.
A supporting, underlying, or securing part, especially: A layer of food surmounted by another kind of food: tomatoes on a bed of lettuce. A foundation of crushed rock or a similar substance for a road or railroad; a roadbed. A layer of mortar upon which stones or bricks are laid.
Printing The heavy table of a printing press in which the type form is placed.
The part of a truck, trailer, or freight car designed to carry loads.
Geology A broad mass of rock or sediment bounded by different material. A deposit, as of ore, parallel to local stratification.
A heap of material: a bed of wood chips.
To furnish with a bed or sleeping quarters: We bedded our guests down in the study.