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noun
The condition of having unkempt hair, generally as a result of having just woken up from sleep.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: bed hair
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A vertical panel or board at the end of a bed where the pillow is placed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Synonyms: headboard
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The end of a bed where the pillow is placed, the head of the bed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: head, bed's head
Antonyms: none provided
History
From bed + head. Superficially similar to, but etymologically distinguishable from, forms built from -head.
From Middle English bed-head, bedhede (also as beddeshed, beddes hede, beddes heed), equivalent to bed + head.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
