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bed

 
/bed/ noun

Definition

A1 a piece of furniture that you sleep on: What time did you go to bed last night? She’s still in bed. Did you make the bed (= arrange the bed neatly after you sleep in it)?
the ground at the bottom of the sea or a river: the sea bed
(Definition of bed noun from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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