- pronunciation:
- bed
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
A bed is something you sleep on.
When I'm sick, I have to stay in my bed.
- similar words:
- sack
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| definition 2: |
A bed is an area of ground used for plants. A bed of flowers is the ground where flowers are planted.
Sam's dad is putting in a new flower bed in the backyard.
- synonyms:
- garden, patch, plot
- similar words:
- flat
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| definition 3: |
A bed is the bottom of a body of water.
It is very dark near the ocean bed.- similar words:
- base, floor
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| definition 4: |
A bed is something that supports something else.
They laid the bricks on a bed of gravel.The restaurant serves the shrimp on a bed of lettuce.- synonyms:
- foundation, layer
- similar words:
- base, basis, deposit, support
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| related words: |
bottom, bunk, foundation |
A Latin word that meant "to dig or burrow" was the origin of the English word
bed.