noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of the four upright supports of a bedstead.
2. 2
   any of 4 vertical supports at the corners of a bedstead wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

bedstaff

Example

More examples

"You're just another notch in my bedpost."

Etymology

From bed + post.

Related phrases

between you and me and the bedpostin the twinkling of a bedpostnotch in one's bedpostnotch on one's bedpostnotch on the bedpost

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