A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, to
sleep on.
My cat often sleeps on my bed.
I keep a glass of
water next to my Bed when I sleep.
(uncountable) One's bed, or a Bed as a general place or concept.
Go to bed!
He's been afraid of Bed since he saw the scary film.
I had breakfast in Bed this morning.
A prepared spot to spend the
night in, as in camping bed.
He made a Bed to
sleep in for the
night from hay and a blanket.
A garden plot, as in "bed of roses".
We added a new rosebush to our rose bed.
The bottom of a lake or other
body of water, as in "sea bed".
There's a lot of trash on the Bed of the river.
[from later 16th c. –
An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, or other sessile shellfish is found.
Oysters are farmed from their beds.
A flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed.
The meats and cheeses lay on a Bed of lettuce.
A foundation or supporting surface formed of a fluid.
A Bed of concrete makes a strong subsurface for an asphalt parking lot.
The platform of a truck, trailer, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled.
The parcels were thrown onto the truck Bed before transportation.
A deposit of ore, coal
A shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear of a ship’s floor; a pallet.
A piece of music, normally instrumental, over which a Radio DJ talks.