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

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Etymology

Origin of hospital bed

First recorded in 1815–25

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

hospital bed

She was visited at her hospital bed both by President Isaac Herzog, who holds a largely ceremonial role, and centre-left opposition leader Yair Golan.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Pike, 50, continues to receive critical medical care and is being restrained at her hands and feet in her hospital bed, her lawyers said at the news conference after a court hearing on Wednesday.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Basic black boxes became a desk, a sofa, or a hospital bed, with additional touches like Macaria’s ofrenda for her dead husband.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The message contrasted from that of a post Wietrzyk made earlier in the week that, according to the Athletic, also included a selfie of the athlete apparently in a hospital bed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

I was thinking of my mom, falling asleep in the chair by my hospital bed.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart

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