bedding
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English bedding, beddyng, from Old English bedding (“bedding”), equivalent to bed + -ing.
Noun
bedding (countable and uncountable, plural beddings)
- The textiles associated with a bed, e.g., sheets, pillowcases, bedspreads, blankets, etc.[1]
- Synonyms: bedclothes, bedlinen
- 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 263:
- Hire of bedding, and food in the restaurant cars is cheap, and passengers are officially encouraged not to tip company's servants—but they do.
- 2008 April 9, Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, “Harnessing Biology, and Avoiding Oil, for Chemical Goods”, in New York Times:
- Similarly, the biotech giant Cargill has begun manufacturing a polymer from vegetable oils that is used in polyurethane foams, which is found in beddings, furniture and car-seat headrests.
- (British) The textiles associated with the bed, as well as the mattress, bedframe, or bed base (such as box spring).[2]
- Any material used by or provided to animals to lie on.
- Synonym: litter
- (geology) A structure occurring in granite and similar massive rocks that allows them to split in well-defined planes horizontally or parallel to the land surface.
- (horticulture) The temporary planting of fast-growing plants into flower beds to create colourful, temporary, seasonal displays, during spring, summer or winter.
Derived terms
- (geology): bedding plane, crossbedding
- (textiles): bedding set, carpet bedding
- (others): : bedding plant
Translations
bedlinen — see also bedclothes
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material for animals to lie on
geology: structure occurring in massive rocks that allows them to split in parallel horizontal planes
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horticulture: the temporary planting of fast-growing plants into flower beds
References
- Oxford English Dictionary: "A collective term for the articles which compose a bed, esp. the mattress, feather-bed, or other article lain upon, and the bed-clothes."
Etymology 2
Verb
bedding
- present participle and gerund of bed
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