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Bedding
//ˈbɛdɪŋ// name, noun, verb
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Noun
- 1 The textiles associated with a bed, e.g., sheets, pillowcases, bedspreads, blankets, etc. countable, uncountable
"Hire of bedding, and food in the restaurant cars is cheap, and passengers are officially encouraged not to tip company's servants—but they do."
- 2 coverings that are used on a bed wordnet
- 3 The textiles associated with the bed, as well as the mattress, bedframe, or bed base (such as box spring). British, countable, uncountable
- 4 material used to provide a bed for animals wordnet
- 5 Any material used by or provided to animals to lie on. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A structure occurring in granite and similar massive rocks that allows them to split in well-defined planes horizontally or parallel to the land surface. countable, uncountable
- 7 The temporary planting of fast-growing plants into flower beds to create colourful, temporary, seasonal displays, during spring, summer or winter. countable, uncountable
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of bed form-of, gerund, participle, present
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English bedding, beddyng, from Old English bedding (“bedding”), equivalent to bed + -ing.
Etymology 2
From bed + -ing.
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