Definition of Bedframe

1. Noun. The framework of a bed.

Exact synonyms: Bedstead
Group relationships: Bed
Terms within: Bedpost, Bedspring, Footboard, Headboard
Generic synonyms: Article Of Furniture, Furniture, Piece Of Furniture

Definition of Bedframe

1. Noun. The frame of a bed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bedframe

1. the frame of a bed [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bedframe

bedevilment
bedevilments
bedevils
bedew
bedewed
bedewer
bedewers
bedewing
bedews
bedewy
bedfast
bedfellow
bedfellows
bedform
bedforms
bedframe (current term)
bedframes
bedful
bedfuls
bedgown
bedgowns
bedground
bedgrounds
bedhead
bedhop
bedhopped
bedhopper
bedhoppers
bedhopping
bedhops

Literary usage of Bedframe

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Public Health Papers and Reports by American Public Health Association (1903)
"Room 7; 11 swabs doubtful from sheet, pillow, mattress, bedframe and floor. ... Type Q; two swabs; one each from bedframe and mattress of the same. ..."

2. An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of by John Claudius Loudon (1835)
"The hot-bedframe is of three species, the common, the fixed-bottomed, ... 2389- The common hot-bedframe is a rectangular box of wood, bottomless, ..."

3. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the American Railway, Bridge and (1921)
"Stern deck, 10 ft. 3 in. Side deck, 4 ft. 4 in. House to bedframe, 4 ft. 8 in. bedframe, 17 ft. 4 in., out to out. Forward deck, 18 ft. 9 in., house to bow. ..."

4. Macmillan's Magazine by John Morley, Mowbray Morris, David Masson, George Grove (1867)
"She saw the low sunshine gleam in on the tartan quilt of the lowly bed as she sat by him; illumining the edge of the bedframe, polished and worn by ago, ..."

5. Tales of Mean Streets by Arthur Morrison (1921)
"When he returned to the room, Lizer, sitting up and holding on by the bedframe, gasped hysterically: “Ye bleedin' makeshift, I'd ‘ave yer liver out if I ..."

6. Genocide in Iraq: the anfal campaign against the Kurds by George Black (1993)
"... pierce it with a pin, and allow the freezing liquid to drip on to the forehead of the prisoner, who was lashed to a bedframe beneath. ..."

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