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  • 21bed — [[t]be̱d[/t]] ♦♦ beds, bedding, bedded 1) N COUNT: also prep N A bed is a piece of furniture that you lie on when you sleep. She went into her bedroom and lay down on the bed... We finally went to bed at about 4am... By the time we got back from… …

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  • 22bed — 1 noun /bed/ 1 SLEEP (C, U) a piece of furniture for sleeping on: a spare bed | a double bed | in bed: Simon lay in bed reading for hours. | go to bed: In the end, she went to bed without any fuss. | make the bed (=tidy the bed covers) | put sb… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23bed — I UK [bed] / US noun Word forms bed : singular bed plural beds *** 1) a) [countable/uncountable] a piece of furniture that you sleep on, consisting of a soft comfortable part called a mattress and a base double/single bed: The room had two single …

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  • 24bed — n. & v. n. 1 a a piece of furniture used for sleeping on, usu. a framework with a mattress and coverings. b such a mattress, with or without coverings. 2 any place used by a person or animal for sleep or rest; a litter. 3 a a garden plot, esp.… …

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  • 25bed — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bedd; akin to Old High German betti bed, Latin fodere to dig Date: before 12th century 1. a. a piece of furniture on or in which to lie and sleep b. (1) a place of sex relations (2) marital… …

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  • 26piece — I UK [piːs] / US [pɪs] noun [countable] Word forms piece : singular piece plural pieces *** 1) a) an individual object of a particular type piece of: I ve used four pieces of paper already. Power tools can be expensive pieces of equipment. b) a… …

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  • 27bed — noun 1》 a piece of furniture incorporating a mattress or other surface for sleeping or resting on.     ↘a place for a patient in a hospital.     ↘informal used with reference to a bed as a place for sexual activity. 2》 an area of ground where… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 28Bed and board — Board Board (b[=o]rd), n. [OE. bord, AS. bord board, shipboard; akin to bred plank, Icel. bor[eth] board, side of a ship, Goth. f[=o]tu baurd footstool, D. bord board, G. brett, bort. See def. 8. [root]92.] 1. A piece of timber sawed thin, and of …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 29Bed of nails — A bed of nails is typically an oblong piece of wood, the size of a bed, with nails pointing upwards out of it. It appears to the spectator that anyone lying on this bed would be injured by the nails, but this is not so, assuming the nails are… …

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  • 30bed — 1. noun /bɛd,bed/ a) A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, to sleep on. My cat often sleeps on my bed. b) Ones bed, or a bed as a general place or concept. I keep a glass of water next to my bed when I sleep. 2 …

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