bed

/bed/ noun

Definition

FURNITURE [C, U] › a piece of furniture that you sleep on: a single/double bed What time did you go to bed last night? She was lying in bed when I arrived. He had only just got out of bed. Have you made the bed (= tidied the bed after you have slept in it)?

GROUND [C] › a piece of ground that is used for growing plants, especially flowers: a flower bed

BOTTOM [C] › the ground at the bottom of the sea, a river, etc: the sea bed → See also bunk beds

(Definition of bed noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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