noun
1 piece of furniture for sleeping on
ADJECTIVE
▪ single
▪ double
▪ king-size , king-sized
▪ queen-size , queen-sized (both AmE )
▪ twin
▪ bunk , camp ( esp. BrE ), canopy ( esp. AmE ), feather , four-poster , hospital , sofa
▪
I slept in the bottom bunk of a set of bunk ~s.
▪ comfortable , comfy ( informal ), cosy/cozy , soft , warm
▪ unmade
▪
a messy room, with an unmade ~ and clothes on the floor
▪ empty
▪
He came home to find an empty ~.
▪ makeshift ( esp. AmE )
▪
He slept on a makeshift ~ of blankets and cushions.
▪ marital , marriage
▪ tanning ( esp. AmE )
VERB + BED
▪ make , make up
▪ strip
▪
Please strip the ~s and put the sheets in the washing machine.
▪ climb into , crawl into , get into , go to , tumble into
▪
She crawled into ~ exhausted.
▪ climb out of , get out of , leap out of
▪ lie (down) on , lie in , sit on
▪
He lay in ~, reading his book.
▪
Elizabeth was sitting on her ~ writing a letter.
▪ put sb to , tuck sb up in
▪
It's your turn to put the children to ~.
▪ occupy , sleep in
▪
All the hospital ~s were occupied.
▪ share
▪
He and his brother had to share a ~.
▪ wet
▪
Don't punish a child who wets the ~.
BED + NOUN
▪ clothes , linen (usually bedclothes , bedlinen )
▪ sheet
▪ sore (usually bedsore )
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
I like to be in ~ before 11 o'clock.
▪ out of ~
▪
Are you out of ~ yet?
PHRASES
▪ ~ and breakfast
▪
We stayed at a comfortable ~ and breakfast.
▪
Bed and breakfast accommodation is available. ( BrE )
▪ the edge of the ~ , the foot of the ~ , the head of the ~ , the side of the ~
▪ get sb into ~ (= persuade sb to have sex)
▪ go to ~ with sb (= have sex with sb) ( esp. BrE )
▪ take to your ~ (= go to bed because you are ill) ( old-fashioned )
▪ time for ~
▪
Come on, children, it's time for ~.
2 piece of ground for growing flowers, vegetables, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ flower , rose , strawberry , etc.
▪ garden , planting (both AmE )
▪ raised
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
ornamental ~s of roses