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bed
noun (BOTTOM) /bed/Definition
C2 [C] the bottom of something or something that serves as a base: Many strange plants and fish live on the sea bed. The railway was built on a bed of solid rock.Surfaces of objectsEdges and extremities of objects a bed of sth › a pile of one type of food on which other food is arranged as a meal: roasted vegetables on a bed of riceFood - general words
(Definition of bed noun (BOTTOM) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Surfaces of objects
Synonyms and related words:
- -backed suffix (BACK PART)
- back noun (FURTHEST PART)
- base noun (BOTTOM)
- bottom noun (LOWEST PLACE)
- crust noun
- face noun (FRONT)
- facet noun
- flange noun
- flank noun (SIDE)
- fore- prefix
- front noun (PLACE)
- plate noun (FLAT PIECE)
- rear noun
- reverse noun
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- surface area noun
- surface noun (TOP)
- underneath noun
- underside noun
- ventral adjective
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