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bedstead

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈbɛd.stɛd/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The framework that supports a bed; the rigid structural components of a bed, excluding the mattress, box spring, etc; bedframe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the framework of a bed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bedframe

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: furniture, piece of furniture, article of furniture

History

Etymology

From Middle English bedsted, bedstede, bedestede, from Old English bedstede (“bedstead”), equivalent to bed + stead. Cognate with Dutch bedstede, bedstee (“closet-bed”).

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: هَيْكَل سَرِير (haykal sarīr) — bed framework
  • Arabic: مُلّة سَرِير (mulla sarīr) — bed framework
  • Armenian: մահճակալ (mahčakal) — bed framework
  • Bengali: পালং (paloṅ) — bed framework
  • Cherokee: ᎦᏂᏝᏗᏍᏗ (ganitladisdi) — bed framework
  • Chinese Mandarin: 床架 (chuángjià) — bed framework
  • Czech: rám postele — bed framework
  • Czech: kostra postele — bed framework
  • Finnish: sängynrunko — bed framework
  • Finnish: sänky — bed framework
  • French: châlit — bed framework
  • German: Bettgestell — bed framework
  • German: Bettrahmen — bed framework
  • Ancient Greek: δέμνιον (démnion) — bed framework
  • Gujarati: ખાટલો (khāṭlo) — bed framework
  • Gujarati: ખાટલી (khāṭlī) — bed framework
  • Italian: sponda — bed framework
  • Italian: telaio — bed framework
  • Khmer: មេគ្រែ (meikrɛɛ) — bed framework
  • Latin: sponda — bed framework
  • Norman: bouais d'liet — bed framework
  • Plautdietsch: Badstäd — bed framework
  • Polish: stelaż łóżka — bed framework
  • Portuguese: armação (de cama) — bed framework
  • Portuguese: cama (sem colchão) — bed framework
  • Russian: карка́с крова́ти (karkás krováti) — bed framework
  • Russian: ра́ма крова́ти (ráma krováti) — bed framework
  • Russian: ра́ма для крова́ти (ráma dlja krováti) — bed framework
  • Serbo-Croatian: оквир кревета — bed framework
  • Serbo-Croatian: креветни оквир — bed framework
  • Serbo-Croatian: okvir kreveta — bed framework
  • Slovene: posteljno ogrodje — bed framework
  • Spanish: cama (sin colchón) — bed framework
  • Spanish: cuja (disused) — bed framework
  • Spanish: bastidor de cama — bed framework
  • Spanish: marco de cama — bed framework
  • Swedish: sängram — bed framework
  • Taos: komòltoʼóna — bed framework
  • Telugu: కంకటి (kaṅkaṭi) — bed framework
  • Turkish: karyola — bed framework
  • Turkish: yataklık — bed framework
  • Ottoman Turkish: قاریولا (karyola) — bed framework
  • Ottoman Turkish: یاتاقلق (yataklık) — bed framework
  • Ottoman Turkish: كروت (kerevet) — bed framework