bed

1a : a piece of furniture on or in which to lie and sleep

b(1) : a place of sex relations

(2) : marital relationship

(3) : close association : cahoots a legislator in bed with lobbyists

c : a place for sleeping

d : sleep also : a time for sleeping took a walk before bed

e(1) : a mattress filled with soft material

(2) : bedstead

f : the equipment and services needed to care for one hospitalized patient or hotel guest

2 : a flat or level surface: such as

a : a plot of ground prepared for plants also : the plants grown in such a plot

b : the bottom of a body of water especially : an area of sea bottom supporting a heavy growth of a particular organism an oyster bed

3 : a supporting surface or structure : foundation

4 : layer, stratum

5a : the place or material in which a block or brick is laid

b : the lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile

6 : a mass or heap resembling a bed a bed of ashes served on a bed of lettuce

7 : an open, usually rectangular cargo area or platform at the rear of truck a pickup truck with a short bed We loaded the equipment and put a cover over the truck bed.

8 music

a : an instrumental or vocal track that is combined with other tracks to produce a musical composition Turner gives the track an air of familiarity with his lead vocal, which sits atop an instrumental bed dominated by an infectious, sweeping string section. — Music Week

b : a musical soundtrack (as to a motion picture or television show) As a video tribute … played on a projector screen, with a music bed complementing a montage of pictures from different stages of the players' lives, a mom admitted to having tears in her eyes.— Joe Aguilar

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