bed
A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
Noun 3 meanings
A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
“My cat often sleeps on my bed.”
A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
“The meats and cheeses lay on a bed of lettuce.”
A horizontal layer or surface.
Verb 2 meanings
Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.
“I usually listen to music before I bed.”
Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.
“1810/1835, William Wordsworth, Guide to the Lakes Among all chains or clusters of mountains where large bodies of still water are bedded.”
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bed, bedde, from Old English bedd, from Proto-West Germanic *badi, from Proto-Germanic *badją (“resting-place, plot of ground”).
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BED at a glance
BED has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (B 3 + E 1 + D 2) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #856 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with bed
All rhymes- DESCRIBED15
- GRABBED13
- ABSORBED13
- PRESCRIBED17
- STABBED12
- ROBBED11
- CLIMBED14
- DUBBED12
- DISTURBED13
- BOMBED13
- RUBBED11
- SUBSCRIBED17
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