hospital bed

American  

noun

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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Etymology

Origin of hospital bed

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

Also fueling backlash was the artificial-intelligence-generated image of Trump, in a white robe and a red stole, placing his hand on the forehead of a man in a hospital bed.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

His 2003 debut single, Through the Wire, was written from a hospital bed and recorded with his head in a brace following a car accident.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

"Before it happened, me and my husband were inside," she said, speaking through tears from her hospital bed.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

A bright-red tomato soup sits on a food tray in a photo he took from his hospital bed in 2021.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

It has been a year and a half since Theo rode the night train to Arles to find Vincent lying in a hospital bed drained of life, barely conscious.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman