Bed vs. Bedding

Bednoun

A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, for resting or sleeping on.

Bednoun

A prepared spot to spend the night in.

Bednoun

(usually after a preposition) One's place of sleep or rest.

Bednoun

Sleep; rest; getting to sleep.

Bednoun

The time for going to sleep or resting in bed; bedtime.

Bednoun

(uncountable) Time spent in a bed.

Bednoun

(figurative) Marriage.

Bednoun

Sexual activity.

Bednoun

A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.

Bednoun

The bottom of a body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or river.

Bednoun

An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, other sessile shellfish, or a large amount of seaweed is found.

Bednoun

A garden plot.

Bednoun

A foundation or supporting surface formed of a fluid.

Bednoun

The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.

Bednoun

The platform of a truck, trailer, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled.

Bednoun

A shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear of a ship’s floor; a pallet.

Bednoun

The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid.

Bednoun

(computing) The flat surface of a scanner on which a document is placed to be scanned.

Bednoun

A piece of music, normally instrumental, over which a radio DJ talks.

Bednoun

(darts) Any of the sections of a dartboard with a point value, delimited by a wire.

Bednoun

(heading) A layer or surface.

Bednoun

A deposit of ore, coal, etc.

Bednoun

(geology) 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.

Bednoun

(masonry) The horizontal surface of a building stone.

Bednoun

(masonry) The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.

Bednoun

(masonry) A course of stone or brick in a wall.

Bedverb

Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.

Bedverb

To go to a bed. en

Bedverb

(transitive) To place in a bed.

Bedverb

To put oneself to sleep. en

Bedverb

(transitive) To furnish with a bed or bedding.

Bedverb

To have sexual intercourse with.

Bedverb

Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.

Bedverb

(transitive) To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or enclosed; to embed.

Bedverb

(transitive) To set in a soft matrix, as paving stones in sand, or tiles in cement.

Bedverb

(transitive) To set out (plants) in a garden bed.

Bedverb

(transitive) To dress or prepare the surface of (stone) so it can serve as a bed.

Bedverb

(transitive) To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.

Bedverb

To settle, as machinery.

Bednoun

An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs.

Bednoun

Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage.

Bednoun

A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground.

Bednoun

A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed of ashes or coals.

Bednoun

The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river.

Bednoun

A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc.

Bednoun

See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed.

Bednoun

The horizontal surface of a building stone; as, the upper and lower beds.

Bednoun

The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or framing of a machine; or a part on which something is laid or supported; as, the bed of an engine.

Bednoun

The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.

Bednoun

The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid.

Bedverb

To place in a bed.

Bedverb

To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with.

Bedverb

To furnish with a bed or bedding.

Bedverb

To plant or arrange in beds; to set, or cover, as in a bed of soft earth; as, to bed the roots of a plant in mold.

Bedverb

To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish with or place upon a bed or foundation; as, to bed a stone; it was bedded on a rock.

Bedverb

To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed.

Bedverb

To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.

Bedverb

To go to bed; to cohabit.

Bednoun

a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep;

Bednoun

a plot of ground in which plants are growing;

Bednoun

a depression forming the ground under a body of water;

Bednoun

(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock);

Bednoun

a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit;

Bednoun

single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance;

Bednoun

the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.

Bednoun

a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track;

Bedverb

furnish with a bed;

Bedverb

place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil

Bedverb

put to bed;

Bedverb

have sexual intercourse with;

Bedverb

go to bed in order to sleep;

Bed

A bed is a piece of furniture which is used as a place to sleep and 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.

Beddingnoun

The textiles associated with a bed, e.g., sheets, pillowcases, bedspreads, blankets, etc.

Beddingnoun

Any material used by or provided to animals to lie on.

Beddingnoun

(geology) a structure occurring in granite and similar massive rocks that allows them to split in well-defined planes horizontally or parallel to the land surface

Beddingnoun

(horticulture) the temporary planting of fast-growing plants into flower beds to create colourful, temporary, seasonal displays, during spring, summer or winter

Beddingverb

present participle of bed

Beddingnoun

A bed and its furniture; the materials of a bed, whether for man or beast; bedclothes; litter.

Beddingnoun

The state or position of beds and layers.

Beddingnoun

coverings that are used on a bed

Beddingnoun

material used to provide a bed for animals

Beddingnoun

bedclothes.

Beddingnoun

straw or similar material for animals to sleep on.

Beddingnoun

a base or bottom layer

Beddingnoun

a display of bedding plants

Beddingnoun

the stratification or layering of rocks

Bedding

Bedding, also known as bedclothes or bed linen, is the materials laid above the mattress of a bed for hygiene, warmth, protection of the mattress, and decorative effect. Bedding is the removable and washable portion of a human sleeping environment.