Beds

[ bedz ]

/ bɛdz /

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noun

another name for Bedfordshire.

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Words nearby Beds

bedridden, bedrock, bedroll, bedroom, bedroom slipper, Beds, bedsheet, bedside, bedside manner, bedsit, bedsore

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How to use Beds in a sentence

They were carpenters making chairs, beds and other rudimentary pieces of furniture for the locals.
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Some have beds and heaters inside for the family members who want to stay all night.
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There was one bathroom on the ship, and there were no showers or beds.
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There are lovingly tended flower beds along each road and surrounding every barrack.
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In a row against the wall stood seven little beds recently covered with sheets.
In New Brothers Grimm 'Snow White', The Prince Doesn't Save Her|The Brothers Grimm|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I have fed and slept at inns, living on the worst of fares and sleeping on the hardest, and hardly the cleanest, of beds.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
Beds, in those days, were warmed with copper warming pans, and nightcaps adorned the slumbering heads of both sexes.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
A servant soon announced that their sleeping-rooms were ready, and they gladly at once sought their beds.
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike
For that purpose they have some small streamlets near at hand, with two or three hollows in their beds.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
The dooryard was covered with a heavy sod and the ancient flower beds had run wild with weeds.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose

British Dictionary definitions for Beds

Beds

abbreviation for

Bedfordshire

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