bedding

[ bed-ing ]

noun

1. blankets, sheets, etc., used on a bed; bedclothes.
2. bedclothes together with a matress.
3. litter; straw, etc., as a bed for animals.
4. Building Trades.
   1. a foundation or bottom layer.
   2. a thin layer of putty laid in the rabbet of a window frame or muntin to give a pane of glass an even backing.
5. Geology. arrangement of sedimentary rocks in strata.

adjective

1. Horticulture. of or relating to a plant especially suited to or prepared for planting in an open-air bed for ornamental displays:

   bedding hyacinths; bedding begonias.

bedding

/ ˈbɛdɪŋ /

noun

1. bedclothes, sometimes considered together with a mattress
2. litter, such as straw, for animals
3. something acting as a foundation, such as mortar under a brick
4. the arrangement of a mass of rocks into distinct layers; stratification

Word History and Origins

Origin of bedding¹

before 1000; Middle English, Old English; bed, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Unlike sheets, duvets, or other bedding, you won’t select a weighted blanket size solely based on your bed.

From Popular-Science

Last month, the company launched a line of Country Living Magazine-branded mattresses, the first product in a multi-brand licensing partnership between Hearst Magazines and Idle Group, which specializes in bedding and home furnishing categories.

From Digiday

The loft is decorated in a Southwestern bohemian style, with colorful wall paint and eccentric art and bedding.

From Outside Online

Lindell’s continued allegations of widespread general-election fraud, for which there is no evidence, recently led to the threat of a costly lawsuit and the resignation of a board member from his Minnesota-based bedding company.

From Washington Post

This alternative lifestyle is known as hot-racking, because of the sensation you get when you crawl into bedding that’s been recently occupied.

From Nautilus

As I dragged my bedding into the unit, the deputy handed me a plastic bag.

From The Daily Beast

He crosses the street and begins sweeping in front of the Sanitary Bedding Company.

From The Daily Beast

I surveyed my hotel room, and snuggled deeper into the sheets (God, I love hotel bedding).

From The Daily Beast

One full-moon night, a friend and I dragged our hotel bedding to the great stone heads, the moai, some 24 feet tall.

From The Daily Beast

Mitchell ordered her into a tent full of dirty bedding and forced himself on her.

From The Daily Beast

For that matter, he said, he didn't care a tinker's dam if we were; he had grub and bedding and we were welcome to both.

From Project Gutenberg

While we were packing grub and bedding on Piegan's extra horse, Lyn joined us, wrapped from head to heel in a yellow slicker.

From Project Gutenberg

The bedding was just as when he had lain down, but his sword was not there, nor a stick he always walked with.

From Project Gutenberg

I routed him out, in the dim mephitic place reeking of sour bedding, and put Petersen in his charge.

From Project Gutenberg

They piled all their bedding upon one narrow cot; and sleeping thus, they could be warm.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• bed linen
• bedspread
• blanket
• comforter
• linen
• pillow
• pillowcase
• quilt
• sheet