FOUR-POSTER BED

Meaning of FOUR-POSTER BED in English

( four-poster beds)

A four-poster bed or a four-poster is a large old-fashioned bed that has a tall post at each corner and curtains that can be drawn around it.

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006

FOUR-POSTER BED — (also ˌfour-ˈposter ) noun a large bed with a tall post at each of the four corners, a cover over …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOUR-POSTER BED — ˌfour-poster ˈbed BrE AmE ( also four-ˈposter ) noun [countable] a bed with four tall posts at the corners, a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOUR-POSTER BED — (~s) A ~ or a four-poster is a large old-fashioned bed that has a tall post at each corner and …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FOUR-POSTER BED — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A four-poster bed absorbed the remainder. ▪ A magnificent four-poster bed dominates this room. ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POSTER — Eye-catching printed paper announcement or advertisement that is exhibited to promote a product, event, or idea. Posters were popularized by …
Английский словарь Британика
FOUR — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Four Books Four Freedoms Four Horsemen Four Hundred Council of the Four Noble Truths …
Английский словарь Британика
POSTER — I. ˈpōstə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: post (V) + -er 1. a. archaic : a swift traveler posters of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOUR — I. ˈfō(ə)r, -ȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə) adjective Etymology: Middle English four, foure, from Old English fēower; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOUR — (n.) Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a chariot and four.
Английский словарь Webster
FOUR — (n.) A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.
Английский словарь Webster
FOUR — (n.) The sum of four units; four units or objects.
Английский словарь Webster
FOUR — ( n. ) The sum of four units; four units or objects.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FOUR — ( n. ) Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a chariot and four.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FOUR — ( n. ) A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
POSTER — poster 1 /poh"steuhr/ , n. 1. a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FOUR — /fawr, fohr/ , n. 1. a cardinal number, three plus one. 2. a symbol of this number, 4 or IV …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BED — — bedless , adj. — bedlike , adj. /bed/ , n. , v. , bedded, bedding . n. 1. a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FOUR — noun Etymology: Middle English, from four adjective, from Old English fēower; akin to Old High German fior four, Latin quattuor, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POSTER — noun a post horse. 2. poster ·noun one who posts bills; a billposter. 3. poster ·noun one who posts, or …
Webster English vocab
FOUR — adj one more than three; twice two. 2. four ·noun a symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv. 3. …
Webster English vocab
BED — vt to place in a bed. 2. bed ·noun ·see gun carriage, and mortar bed. 3. bed ·vt to furnish …
Webster English vocab
POSTER — [post.er] n [[4]post] (1605) archaic: a swift traveler [2]poster n [ [2]post] (1838): a bill or placard for posting often …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FOUR — [four] n [ME, fr. four adj., fr. OE feower; akin to OHG fior four, L quattuor, Gk tessares, tettares] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POSTER — printed paper announcement or advertisement that is exhibited publicly. Whether promoting a product, event, or sentiment (such as patriotism), a …
Britannica English vocabulary
POSTER — poster, P~ BrE AmE ˈpəʊst ə AmE ˈpoʊst ə r ▷ poster|s z ▶ ˈ poster ˌ colour BrE AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FOUR — four BrE AmE fɔː AmE fɔːr foʊr (= fore) ▷ fours fɔːz AmE fɔːrz foʊrz ▶ ˈ four flush BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
POSTER — / ˈpəʊstə(r); NAmE ˈpoʊ-/ noun 1. a large notice, often with a picture on it, that is put in a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOUR — / fɔː(r); NAmE / 1. number 4 HELP NOTE : There are examples of how to use numbers at the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POSTER — post ‧ er S3 /ˈpəʊstə $ ˈpoʊstər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: ↑ post 2 (1) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOUR — four /fɔː $ fɔːr/ BrE AmE number , noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: feower ] 1 . the …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOUR — n. & adj. --n. 1 one more than three, or six less than ten; the product of two units and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BED — n. & v. --n. 1 a a piece of furniture used for sleeping on, usu. a framework with a mattress …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POSTER — n. 1 a placard in a public place. 2 a large printed picture. 3 a billposter. poster paint a gummy …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FOUR — n. & adj. n. 1 one more than three, or six less than ten; the product of two units and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BED — n. & v. n. 1 a a piece of furniture used for sleeping on, usu. a framework with a mattress …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
POSTER — n.1 a placard in a public place. 2 a large printed picture. 3 a billposter. Phrases and idioms: poster paint …
Oxford English vocab
FOUR — n. & adj. --n. 1. one more than three, or six less than ten; the product of two units and …
Oxford English vocab
BED — n. & v. --n. 1. a a piece of furniture used for sleeping on, usu. a framework with a mattress …
Oxford English vocab
POSTER — ( posters) A poster is a large notice or picture that you stick on a wall or board, often in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOUR — ( fours) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Four is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOUR — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Four is the number 4. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
POSTER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES poster child ▪ Dillon is the poster child for wasted talent. poster paint COLLOCATIONS FROM …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOUR — number COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a father of two/three/four etc (= a man with two, three etc children ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BED — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a flower bed (= an area for growing flowers in a garden ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POSTER — paint [noun] [C or U] - a type of paint which is based on gum (= a sticky substance obtained …
Cambridge English vocab
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Cambridge English vocab
POSTER — n. Eye-catching printed paper announcement or advertisement that is exhibited to promote a product, event, or idea. Posters were popularized …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FOUR — n. having four letters Four Books Four Freedoms Four Horsemen Four Hundred Council of the Four Noble Truths four colour …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BED — Synonyms and related words : Colonial bed, Hollywood bed, Japanese garden, a world-without-end bargain, accommodation, accommodations, alliance, alpine garden, aqueduct, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FOUR — See: HIT ON ALL FOUR, ON ALL FOURS.
Slang English vocab
POSTER — n. Function: noun a notice or announcement for posting in a public place FF1C; nailed the poster to the side …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
POSTER — I. noun a notice or announcement for posting in a public place nailed the poster to the side of the …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
POSTER — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ campaign , circus , election , film ( esp. BrE ), movie ( esp. AmE ), propaganda …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
POSTER — n. 25B6; noun NOTICE, placard, bill, sign, advertisement, affiche, playbill; Brit. fly-poster.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BED — n. 25B6; noun she got into bed : couch, cot, cradle, berth, billet; informal the sack, the hay; Brit. informal …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
POSTER — n. placard, notice, bill, advertisement, announcement, broadside, broadsheet; circular, flier: Who designed that striking poster for the new play?
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FOUR — See: HIT ON ALL FOUR, ON ALL FOURS.
Словарь английских идиом
FOUR — See Four factors of change
Theological and Philosophical Biography English vocab
POSTER — 1. сущ. 1) а) афиша, объявление, плакат Syn : placard, bill б) разг. 'постер' (большая фотография какого-л. популярного певца, актера …
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