bedbed1 /bɛd/ ●●● noun 
1[countable, uncountable] a piece of furniture for sleeping on: 
a double bed (=a bed for two people) a single bed (=a bed for one person) I was lying in bed reading. She looked like she had just gotten out of bed. What time do you usually put the kids to bed? Jamie usually goes to bed around seven o’clock. Sara, have you made your bed yet (=pulled the sheets, covers, etc. into place)? Come on, it’s time for bed (=time to go to sleep).2go to bed with somebody informal to have sex with someone3[countable] earth science, geography the ground at the bottom of the ocean, a river, or a lake: The river bed is sandy.4[countable] an area of ground that has been prepared for plants to grow in: The rose beds were full of color.5a bed of something a layer of something that is a base for something else: The potato salad was served on a bed of lettuce. [Origin: Old English bedd]COLLOCATIONSverbsto go to bed I went to bed around 11 o’clock.to get into bed She fell asleep as soon as she got into bed.to climb into bed (=to get into bed) Susan turned off the lights and climbed into bed.to get out of bed He got out of bed and got dressed.to jump out of bed (=to get out of bed quickly) Tom jumped out of bed and ran downstairs.to lie in bed She lay in bed reading.to sleep in a bed After camping for a week, I was looking forward to sleeping in a real bed.to make the bed (=to pull the sheets, blankets, etc. neatly into place) Have you made your bed?to put somebody to bed (=to put a child in his/her bed) What time do you put Maddy to bed?to crawl/fall into bed (=to get into bed feeling very tired) We finally crawled into bed at three in the morning.to tuck somebody into bed (=to make a child comfortable in bed by arranging the sheets) She read her son a story and tucked him into bed.to stay in bed (=to not get up early/at the usual time) On the weekend it’s really nice to be able to stay in bed.to get somebody out of bed (=to make someone get out of bed) His mother couldn’t get him out of bed in the mornings.to curl up in bed (=to lie in bed with your knees bent) I curled up in bed with a good book.to wet the bed (=to urinate in bed) Small children often wet the bed.adjectivesa warm bed The bed was nice and warm.a narrow bed She lay in her narrow bed.an empty bed He saw that the bed was empty and hadn’t been slept in.an unmade bed (=one that does not have sheets, blankets, etc. neatly in place) She sat down on the unmade bed.a comfortable bed I was tired and could hardly wait to get back to my comfortable bed.a twin bed also a single bed (=for one person) There was only a single bed.a double bed (=a bed for two people) The hotel has rooms with double beds or twin beds.a queen-size/king-size bed (=a bigger double bed) Many couples like to sleep in queen-size beds.a four-poster bed (=a large bed with tall posts at each corner, a cover at the top of the posts, and sometimes curtains at the sides) As a little girl, she had wanted a four-poster bed because it seemed so romantic.nouns + beda hospital bed (=a special bed for sick people) The patient was resting in the hospital bed.a sofa bed (=a bed that folds out from inside a sofa) I made up the sofa bed for him to sleep on.bunk beds (=two single beds joined together one above the other) The kids love sleeping in bunk beds.
1[countable, uncountable] a piece of furniture for sleeping on: a double bed (=a bed for two people) a single bed (=a bed for one person) I was lying in bed reading. She looked like she had just gotten out of bed. What time do you usually put the kids to bed? Jamie usually goes to bed around seven o’clock. Sara, have you made your bed yet (=pulled the sheets, covers, etc. into place)? Come on, it’s time for bed (=time to go to sleep).2go to bed with somebody informal to have sex with someone3[countable] earth science, geography the ground at the bottom of the ocean, a river, or a lake: The river bed is sandy.4[countable] an area of ground that has been prepared for plants to grow in: The rose beds were full of color.5a bed of something a layer of something that is a base for something else: The potato salad was served on a bed of lettuce. [Origin: Old English bedd]COLLOCATIONSverbsto go to bed I went to bed around 11 o’clock.to get into bed She fell asleep as soon as she got into bed.to climb into bed (=to get into bed) Susan turned off the lights and climbed into bed.to get out of bed He got out of bed and got dressed.to jump out of bed (=to get out of bed quickly) Tom jumped out of bed and ran downstairs.to lie in bed She lay in bed reading.to sleep in a bed After camping for a week, I was looking forward to sleeping in a real bed.to make the bed (=to pull the sheets, blankets, etc. neatly into place) Have you made your bed?to put somebody to bed (=to put a child in his/her bed) What time do you put Maddy to bed?to crawl/fall into bed (=to get into bed feeling very tired) We finally crawled into bed at three in the morning.to tuck somebody into bed (=to make a child comfortable in bed by arranging the sheets) She read her son a story and tucked him into bed.to stay in bed (=to not get up early/at the usual time) On the weekend it’s really nice to be able to stay in bed.to get somebody out of bed (=to make someone get out of bed) His mother couldn’t get him out of bed in the mornings.to curl up in bed (=to lie in bed with your knees bent) I curled up in bed with a good book.to wet the bed (=to urinate in bed) Small children often wet the bed.adjectivesa warm bed The bed was nice and warm.a narrow bed She lay in her narrow bed.an empty bed He saw that the bed was empty and hadn’t been slept in.an unmade bed (=one that does not have sheets, blankets, etc. neatly in place) She sat down on the unmade bed.a comfortable bed I was tired and could hardly wait to get back to my comfortable bed.a twin bed also a single bed (=for one person) There was only a single bed.a double bed (=a bed for two people) The hotel has rooms with double beds or twin beds.a queen-size/king-size bed (=a bigger double bed) Many couples like to sleep in queen-size beds.a four-poster bed (=a large bed with tall posts at each corner, a cover at the top of the posts, and sometimes curtains at the sides) As a little girl, she had wanted a four-poster bed because it seemed so romantic.nouns + beda hospital bed (=a special bed for sick people) The patient was resting in the hospital bed.a sofa bed (=a bed that folds out from inside a sofa) I made up the sofa bed for him to sleep on.bunk beds (=two single beds joined together one above the other) The kids love sleeping in bunk beds.
