bedding
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɛdɪŋ/, [ˈbɛɾɪŋ]
- Rhymes: -ɛdɪŋ
Noun
bedding (countable and uncountable, plural beddings)
- The textiles associated with a bed, e.g., sheets, pillowcases, bedspreads, blankets, etc.
- Any material used by or provided to animals to lie on.
- (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
Synonyms
- (textiles associated with a bed): bedclothes, bedlinen
- (material used by animals to lie on): litter
Derived terms
- (geology): bedding plane
- (textiles): bedding set
Translations
bedlinen
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material for animals to lie on
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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
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch beddinge. Equivalent to bed + -ing. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.dɪŋ/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bed‧ding
Noun
bedding f (plural beddingen, diminutive beddinkje n)
- bed of any body of water; riverbed, seabed.
- 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.
- 1871, F. H. W. Kuypers, Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche artillerie van de vroegste tijden tot heden, vol. 2, publ. by Adolf Blomhert, page 232.
Hyponyms
(bed of a body of water):
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