1.
Your ~ is the area beside your bed.
She put a cup of tea down on the ~ table...
He drew a chair up to the ~ and sat down.
N-SING: usu N n
2.
If you talk about being at someone’s ~, you are talking about being near them when they are ill in bed.
She kept vigil at the ~ of her critically ill son...
N-SING: usu with poss