English Dictionary

bed

/bɛd/

noun

A prepared spot in which to spend the night. / (usually after a preposition) One's place of sleep or rest. / (uncountable, usually after a preposition) Sleep; rest; getting to sleep.

I love to snuggle up in my cozy bed at night.

意味（1）

A prepared spot in which to spend the night.

When camping, he usually makes a bed for the night from hay and a blanket.

意味（2）

(usually after a preposition) One's place of sleep or rest.

Go to bed!

意味（3）

(uncountable, usually after a preposition) Sleep; rest; getting to sleep.

He's been afraid of bed since he saw the scary film.

意味（4）

(uncountable, usually after a preposition) The time for going to sleep or resting in bed; bedtime.

I read until bed.

意味（5）

(uncountable) Time spent in a bed.

I am quite sure that too much bed, if not too much sleep, is prejudicial, though a certain amount is absolutely necessary.

意味（6）

(figuratively) Marriage.

George, the eldest son of his second bed.

意味（7）

(figuratively, uncountable) Sexual activity.

Too much bed, not enough rest.

意味（8）

Abbreviation of bedroom.

2 beds, 1 bath

意味（9）

The bottom of a body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or river.

sea bed

意味（10）

An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, other sessile shellfish, or a large amount of seaweed is found.

Oysters are farmed from their beds.

意味（11）

A garden plot.

We added a new bush to our rose bed.

意味（12）

A foundation or supporting surface formed of a fluid.

A bed of concrete makes a strong subsurface for an asphalt parking lot.

意味（13）

The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.

意味（14）

The platform of a truck, trailer, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled.

The parcels were loaded onto the truck bed before transportation.

意味（15）

A shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear of a ship’s floor; a pallet.

意味（16）

(printing, dated) The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid.

意味（17）

(computing) The flat surface of a scanner on which a document is placed to be scanned.

意味（18）

A piece of music, normally instrumental, over which a radio DJ talks.

意味（19）

(darts) Any of the sections of a dartboard with a point value, delimited by a wire.

意味（20）

(trampoline) The taut surface of a trampoline.

These 5 judges mark the athlete's staying in the center of the bed, uniformity of bounce heights, and general style.

意味（21）

A deposit of ore, coal, etc.

意味（22）

(geology) The smallest division of a geologic formation or stratigraphic rock series marked by well-defined divisional planes (bedding planes) separating it from layers above and below.

意味（23）

(masonry) The horizontal surface of a building stone.

the upper and lower beds

意味（24）

(masonry) The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.

意味（25）

(masonry) A course of stone or brick in a wall.