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

The study suggested there was one extra death for every 82 patients who spent more than six to eight hours in an ED before being transferred to a hospital bed.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 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

This will involve picking up potentially hundreds more children who are less sick, known as level 2 – those who need a high-dependency hospital bed – but with no more resources.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

That post also included a photo that Vonn appears to have taken from her hospital bed.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

“It’s kind of hard to focus on driving your son to school and watching him do his homework when you’re strapped to a hospital bed, busy trying to keep cancer from killing you.”

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau