Bed
A bed is a piece of furniture which is used as a place to sleep or relax.
Most modern beds consist of a soft, cushioned mattress on a bed frame, the mattress resting either on a solid base, often wood slats, or a sprung base. Many beds include a box spring inner-sprung base, which is a large mattress-sized box containing wood and springs that provide additional support and suspension for the mattress. Beds are available in many sizes, ranging from infant-sized bassinets and cribs, to small beds for a single person or adult, to large queen and king-size beds designed for two people. While most beds are single mattresses on a fixed frame, there are other varieties, such as the murphy bed, which folds into a wall, the sofa bed, which folds out of a sofa, and the bunk bed, which provides two mattresses on two tiers. Temporary beds include the inflatable air mattress and the folding camp cot. Some beds contain neither a padded mattress nor a bed frame, such as the hammock, which is considered one of the most comfortable places to rest while swaying side to side. Some beds are made especially for animals.
Beds may have a headboard for resting against, and may have side rails and footboards (or “footers”). “Headboard only” beds may incorporate a “dust ruffle”, “bed skirt”, or “valance sheet” to hide the bed frame. To support the head, a pillow made of a soft, padded material is usually placed on the top of the mattress. Some form of covering blanket is often used to insulate the sleeper, often bed sheets, a quilt, or a duvet, collectively referred to as bedding. Bedding is the removable non-furniture portion of a bed, which enables these components to be washed or aired out.
Cot (noun)
A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes; a camp bed.
Cot (noun)
A crib (child’s bed).
Cot (noun)
A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks.
Cot (noun)
A cottage or small homestead.
Cot (noun)
A pen, coop, or similar shelter for small domestic animals, such as sheep or pigeons; a cote.
Cot (noun)
A small, crudely-formed boat.
Cot (noun)
A cover or sheath; a fingerstall.
“a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame)”
“a cot for a sore finger”
Bed (noun)
A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, for resting or sleeping on.
“My cat often sleeps on my bed.
I keep a glass of water next to my bed when I sleep.”Bed (noun)
A prepared spot to spend the night in.
“When camping, he usually makes a bed for the night from hay and a blanket.”
Bed (noun)
One’s place of sleep or rest.
“Go to bed!”
“I had breakfast in bed this morning.”
Bed (noun)
Sleep; rest; getting to sleep.
“He’s been afraid of bed since he saw the scary film.”
Bed (noun)
The time for going to sleep or resting in bed; bedtime.
“I read until bed.”
Bed (noun)
Time spent in a bed.
Bed (noun)
Marriage.
Bed (noun)
A place, or flat laid.
“The meats and cheeses lay on a bed of lettuce.”
Bed (noun)
Sexual activity.
“Too much bed, not enough rest.”
Bed (noun)
The bottom of a body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or river. from later 16thc.
“sea bed;”
“river bed;”
“lake bed;”
“There’s a lot of trash on the bed of the river.”
Bed (noun)
An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, other sessile shellfish, or a large amount of seaweed is found.
“Oysters are farmed from their beds.”
Bed (noun)
A garden plot.
“We added a new bush to our rose bed.”
Bed (noun)
A foundation or supporting surface formed of a fluid.
“A bed of concrete makes a strong subsurface for an asphalt parking lot.”
Bed (noun)
The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.
Bed (noun)
The platform of a truck, trailer, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled.
“The parcels were loaded onto the truck bed before transportation.”
Bed (noun)
A ship’s floor; a pallet.
Bed (noun)
The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid.
Bed (noun)
The flat surface of a scanner on which a document is placed to be scanned.
Bed (noun)
A piece of music, normally instrumental, over which a radio DJ talks.
Bed (noun)
A layer or surface.
Bed (noun)
Any of the sections of a dartboard with a point value, delimited by a wire.
Bed (noun)
A deposit of ore, coal, etc.
Bed (noun)
the smallest division of a geologic formation or stratigraphic rock series marked by well-defined divisional planes (bedding planes) separating it from layers above and below.
Bed (noun)
The horizontal surface of a building stone.
“the upper and lower beds”
Bed (noun)
The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.
Bed (verb)
Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.
Bed (verb)
To go to a bed. en
Bed (verb)
To place in a bed.
Bed (verb)
To put oneself to sleep. en
Bed (verb)
To furnish with a bed or bedding.
Bed (verb)
Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.
Bed (verb)
To have sexual intercourse with. from early 14th c.
Bed (verb)
To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or enclosed; to embed.
Bed (verb)
To set in a soft matrix, as paving stones in sand, or tiles in cement.
Bed (verb)
To set out (plants) in a garden bed.
Bed (verb)
To dress or prepare the surface of (stone) so it can serve as a bed.
Bed (verb)
To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.