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Word: bed
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Meaning:
Noun:
- A deposit of ore, coal etc.
- A flat surface or layer on which something else is to be placed.
- A foundation or supporting surface formed of a fluid.
- A garden plot, as in "bed of roses".
- An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, or other sessile shellfish is found.
- A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, to sleep on.
- A piece of music, normally instrumental, over which a Radio DJ talks.
- A prepared spot to spend the night in, as in camping bed.
- A ship?s floor; a pallet.
- The bottom of a lake or other body of water, as in "sea bed".
- The platform of a truck, trailer, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled.
- uncountable One's bed, or a bed as a general place or concept.
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Verb:
- from early 14th c.
- To go to a sleeping bed.
- To put oneself to sleep.
- To set in a soft matrix, as paving stones in sand, or tiles in cement.
- To set out plants in a garden bed.
- To settle, as machinery.
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