bedding
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle English bedding, beddyng, from Old English bedding (“bedding”), equivalent to bed + -ing.
Noun
editbedding (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[2]:
- 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
edit- (geology): bedding plane, crossbedding
- (textiles): bedding set, carpet bedding
- (others): : bedding plant
Translations
editbedlinen — 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
edit- ^ “Bedclothes – Definition”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary[1], Merriam-Webster, 2011 December 15 (last accessed)
- ^ 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
editVerb
editbedding
- present participle and gerund of bed
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch beddinge. Equivalent to bed + -ing. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbedding f (plural beddingen, diminutive beddinkje n)
- bed of any body of water; riverbed, seabed
- Duikers onderzochten de bedding van de zee op zoek naar scheepswrakken. ― Divers explored the seabed looking for shipwrecks.
- De rivier heeft in de loop der tijd zijn bedding veranderd. ― The river has changed its riverbed over time.
- Er zijn veel onontdekte soorten in de diepe oceaanbedding. ― There are many undiscovered species in the deep ocean bed.
- Synonym: bed
- floor or frame on which an artillery mount or gun carriage is deployed
- 1871, F. H. W. Kuypers, Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche artillerie van de vroegste tijden tot heden, vol. 2, publ. by Adolf Blomhert, page 232.
- De bedding was niet langer dan het affuit. Achter de bedding werd de aarde vast aangestampt zoo ver als het stuk achteruit liep.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1871, F. H. W. Kuypers, Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche artillerie van de vroegste tijden tot heden, vol. 2, publ. by Adolf Blomhert, page 232.
Hyponyms
edit(bed of a body of water):
Descendants
edit- → Indonesian: bédéng, bèdèng
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