bed

CEFRA1

/ˈbɛd/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.

Examples

  • Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.

  • The bed seemed to occupy most of the room.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈbeː]
  • /ˈbed/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A mattress.

  2. A bedframe.

  3. A prepared spot in which to spend the night.

More examples

In context

  • I have to go to bed.

  • I keep a glass of water next to my bed when I sleep.

  • My cat often sleeps on my bed.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Cognate with Scots bed, North Frisian baad, beed, Bēr, Saterland Frisian Bääd, West Frisian bêd, Cimbrian pett, Dutch bed, Dutch Low Saxon bedde, German Bett, Bette, German Low German Bedd, Luxembourgish Bett, Vilamovian bet, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål bed, Faroese and Icelandic beð, beður, Norwegian Nynorsk bed, bedd, Swedish bädd, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌳𐌹 (badi), all meaning “bed”. further possible etymology and cognates The Proto-Germanic term may in turn be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to dig”) with various theories explaining the development in meaning. If it is, the term is also cognate with Ancient Greek βοθυρος (bothuros, “pit”), Latin fossa (“ditch”), Latvian bedre (“hole”), Welsh be...