bed
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Sense 1
- noun
- A1
A piece of furniture with a soft flat part that you lie on to sleep.
I make my bed every morning before leaving for work.
The children were already fast asleep in bed by nine.
We bought a wider bed because the old one creaked.
Our room has two single beds and a small lamp.
Common collocations: go to bed · make the bed · double bed · bunk bed · in bed · get out of bed
Part of: Furniture, Rooms, Accommodation
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- B1
A piece of ground in a garden or park where flowers or other plants are grown.
We planted tulip bulbs in the bed along the fence.
Weeds have taken over the vegetable bed again this summer.
She edged the flower bed with small round stones.
Common collocations: flower bed · vegetable bed · raised bed · dig a bed
Part of: The garden, Plants
Forms
- plural
- beds