bedded

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adjectiveGeology.
  1. of or relating to rocks that exhibit bedding.

Origin of bedded

1
First recorded in 1820–30; bed + -ed3

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How to use bedded in a sentence

  • bedded in the soft earth underneath lay the slim buckskin sacks.

    Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • She was propped up at first only by the bunch of fruit trees, but by-and-by we bedded her in stones.

    The Belted Seas | Arthur Colton
  • Beneath them the cross-bedded sandstone appears, showing a mottled surface of pale-pinkish hue.

  • Not a sound came out of the sheep, bedded on the hillside in contentment, secure in their trust of men and dogs.

  • His stomach had made a little depression in the grass as he whirled, and he was now nicely bedded down for a real spin.

    Pagan Passions | Gordon Randall Garrett