Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The textiles associated with a bed, e.g., sheets, pillowcases, bedspreads, blankets, etc.

    Bettwäsche, Bettzeug

    посте́льное бельёpostélʹnoje belʹjó, бельёbelʹjó

  2. (UK, countable, uncountable)The textiles associated with the bed, as well as the mattress, bedframe, or bed base (such as box spring).

  3. (countable, uncountable)Any material used by or provided to animals to lie on.

    подсти́лкаpodstílka

    material used to provide a bed for animals

  4. (countable, uncountable)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.

    напластова́ниеnaplastovánije

  5. (countable, uncountable)The temporary planting of fast-growing plants into flower beds to create colourful, temporary, seasonal displays, during spring, summer or winter.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Put your bedding away.

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  2. Also my bedding got dirt on it.

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  3. The horse needs fresh beddings of straw.

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  4. He grew accustomed to bedding down outside.

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  5. Futons are our bedding.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
bedlinen:
material for animals to lie on:
geology: structure occurring in massive rocks that allows them to split in parallel horizontal planes:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
bedlinen:

Origin

From Middle English bedding, beddyng, from Old English bedding (“bedding”), equivalent to

From Middle English bedding, beddyng, from Old English bedding (“bedding”), equivalent to bed + -ing.

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Forms

plural: beddings
Singularbedding
Pluralbeddings

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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