bedstead

[US]/'bedsted/
[UK]/'bɛdstɛd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a frame used to support a mattress on a bed.

Phrases & Collocations

metal bedstead

wooden bedstead

Example Sentences

The old bedstead creaked as she sat down.

He found a beautiful antique bedstead at the flea market.

The bedstead collapsed under the weight of the heavy mattress.

She carefully selected a new bedstead to match her bedroom decor.

The bedstead was made of sturdy oak wood.

They had to dismantle the bedstead to move it upstairs.

The bedstead was adorned with intricate carvings.

She draped a colorful quilt over the bedstead.

The bedstead was handed down through generations in the family.

The bedstead was so comfortable that she fell asleep instantly.

Real-world Examples

There were no seats; instead, half a dozen brass bedsteads stood beside the curtained windows.

Source: 3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

" There is no bedstead in it" .

Source: Jude the Obscure (Part Two)

The boys were bringing in a bedstead.

Source: Cross Stream (Part 1)

He had meant to make the bedstead that day.

Source: The little cabin on the grassland.

I entered the captain's stateroom. It had an austere, almost monastic appearance. An iron bedstead, a worktable, some washstand fixtures.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

Nothing in all Homer pleases me more than the bedstead of Odysseus.

Source: Essays on the Four Seasons

There was a rusty grate, an old iron bedstead, and a hard bed covered with a faded coverlet.

Source: The Little Princess (Original Version)

' said the robber, poising a crowbar, which he had drawn from under the bedstead.

Source: Oliver Twist (Original Version)

Some flowers in a crystal vase stood on the window-sill and there was an iron bedstead in a corner.

Source: The Virgin Land (Part 2)

He pegged it to the bedstead.

Source: The little cabin on the grassland.

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