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How to pronounce bedstead in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bedframe
Type of article of furniture, furniture, piece of furniture

Examples of bedstead

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I passed those A-levels, and the iron bedstead is still there 47 years later.
From the guardian.co.uk
In the bedroom, a white iron bedstead and botanical-patterned bed linen is a feminine way into the trend.
From the independent.co.uk
In another apartment's bedroom is what must be a former fireplace, providing a perfect slot for a bedstead.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
When his sister wakes up to find her hair tied to the bedstead, everyone assumes Jared is the culprit.
From the edition.cnn.com
There was a skeleton on an iron bedstead nearby.
From the time.com
The bedstead in the next building is shockingly filthy, its springs buried under decades of fallen plaster and dirt.
From the sacbee.com
In it was a stove in many pieces held together with wire, a bedstead with rags for mattress and rags for covering.
From the huffingtonpost.com
A single bedstead does yeoman service as everything from the Joad's farmhouse to their overloaded truck and a makeshift shelter.
From the sfgate.com
But snug in a 100-yearold single bedstead, on a comfortable steel spring support system, it was easy to return to a deep sleep.
From the couriermail.com.au
More examples
  • The framework of a bed
  • A bed frame or bedstead is the part of a bed used to position a mattress or foundation set off the floor.
  • Used in Deu 3:11, but elsewhere rendered "couch," "bed." In Kg2 1:4; Kg2 16:2; Psa 132:3; Amo 3:12, the divan is meant by this word.
  • A bed frame, usually made of wood with rope crisscrossed over it onto which a bolster or tick was placed, e.g., "Richard had two bedsteads and two pillows in his inventory."