Beds

American

[bedz] / bɛdz /

noun

another name for Bedfordshire.

Beds British

abbreviation

Bedfordshire

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Example Sentences

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Beds for overnight stay are available, Sauceda said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025

Beds had been freed up to cope, with 50 more patients in Welsh hospitals than usual capacity at the worst period.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2024

Hotton spent several field seasons excavating fossils from rock outcrops in north central Texas known as the Red Beds.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2024

Beds will also be temporarily added at an existing year-round shelter in Portland.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2024

They don’t get a huge number of visitors to Ashfall Fossil Beds State Park–it’s slightly in the middle of nowhere–and Voorhies seemed pleased to show me around.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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