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Beds

American

[bedz] / bɛdz /

noun

another name for Bedfordshire.

Beds British

abbreviation

Bedfordshire

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From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Beds for overnight stay are available, Sauceda said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025

We stayed in a motel there, and the next morning, driving out of town, we saw a sign for the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 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

Its two soft door-posts of custard, Its dais of curds and butter, Beds of glorious lard, Many shields of thin pressed cheese.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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