hospital bed

American  

noun

hospital beds plural

1. a bed having side rails that can be raised or lowered and a mattress base in three jointed sections so that the head, foot, or middle may be raised by a crank or motor, allowing a patient to lie in various positions, as a therapeutic aid or for comfort.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• hospital beds
  plural

Etymology

Origin of hospital bed

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

Standing beside her hospital bed, his mind drifts to Paris and to Penelope, the aspiring musician he married after falling hopelessly in love.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2026

"It was awful – so many people died, so many family members went missing," Maria Vargas recalled to the AFP news agency from her hospital bed.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026

Down the hall, ceramic eggs cover the walls while a giant yolk rests atop a mattress, turning a hospital bed into a commentary on fragility and birth.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Later Sunday night, Trump posted on Truth Social what appeared to be an AI-generated image of himself dressed in religious robes with his hand on the forehead of a man lying in a hospital bed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Ellsberg spent the next three months in a hospital bed, recovering from a severe concussion and a broken knee.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin