bedhead
The condition of having unkempt hair, generally as a result of having just woken up…The condition of having unkempt hair, generally as a result of having just woken up from sleep.
Meaning
3 senses(colloquial, countable, uncountable)The condition of having unkempt hair, generally as a result of having just woken up from sleep.
(UK)A vertical panel or board at the end of a bed where the pillow is placed.
Holonyms: bedstead; bedframe (sometimes comeronymous)
The end of a bed where the pillow is placed, the head of the bed.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From bed + head. Superficially similar to, but etymologically distinguishable from, formsFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: bedheadsSynonyms
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable