bedstead
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bedstead
- /ˈbɛd.stɛd/
Where it comes from
From Middle English bedsted, bedstede, bedestede, from Old English bedstede (“bedstead”), equivalent to bed + stead. Cognate with Dutch bedstede, bedstee (“closet-bed”).
noun bedsteads
- The framework that supports a bed; the rigid structural components of a bed, excluding the mattress, box spring, etc.
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To Benjamin Hinkley, of Utica, N. Y., for improvement in Bedstead Fastenings. Patented Dec. 2, 1846.
Similar: bedframe
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noun bed framework
| Español | cama (sin colchón), cuja (disused), bastidor de cama, marco de cama |
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| 中文 | 床架 chuángjià |
| Português | armação (de cama), cama (sem colchão) |
| Français | châlit |
| Deutsch | Bettgestell, Bettrahmen |
| Italiano | sponda, telaio |
| Русский | карка́с крова́ти karkás krováti, ра́ма крова́ти ráma krováti, ра́ма для крова́ти ráma dlja krováti |
| العربية | هَيْكَل سَرِير haykal sarīr, مُلّة سَرِير mulla sarīr |
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