ALL meanings of bedding
bed·ding
B b - uncountable noun bedding Bedding is sheets, blankets, and covers that are used on beds. 3
- noun bedding bedclothes, sometimes considered together with a mattress 3
- noun bedding litter, such as straw, for animals 3
- noun bedding something acting as a foundation, such as mortar under a brick 3
- noun bedding the arrangement of a mass of rocks into distinct layers; stratification 3
- noun bedding mattresses and bedclothes 3
- noun bedding straw, grass, etc., used to bed animals 3
- noun bedding a bottom layer; base 3
- noun bedding stratification 3
- adjective bedding suitable for planting in a garden bed 3
- noun bedding sheets, bed linen 1
- noun bedding animal litter 1
- noun bedding foundation 1
- noun bedding geology: rock layers 1
- noun bedding Coverings for a bed, such as sheets and blankets. 1
- noun bedding a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well. 1
- noun bedding the mattress and bedclothes together with the bedstead of a bed. 1
- noun bedding the bedstead alone. 1
- noun bedding the act of or time for sleeping: Now for a cup of cocoa and then bed. 1
- noun bedding the use of a bed for the night; lodging: I reserved a bed at the old inn. 1
- noun bedding the marital relationship. 1
- noun bedding any resting place: making his bed under a tree. 1
- noun bedding something resembling a bed in form or position. 1
- noun bedding a piece or area of ground in a garden or lawn in which plants are grown. 1
- noun bedding an area in a greenhouse in which plants are grown. 1
- noun bedding the plants in such areas. 1
- noun bedding the bottom of a lake, river, sea, or other body of water. 1
- noun bedding a piece or part forming a foundation or base. 1
- noun bedding a layer of rock; a stratum. 1
- noun bedding a foundation surface of earth or rock supporting a track, pavement, or the like: a gravel bed for the roadway. 1
- noun bedding Building Trades. the underside of a stone, brick, slate, tile, etc., laid in position. the upper side of a stone laid in position. the layer of mortar in which a brick, stone, etc., is laid. the natural stratification of a stone: a stone laid on bed. 1
- noun bedding Furniture. skirt (def 6b). 1
- noun bedding the flat surface in a printing press on which the form of type is laid. 1
- noun bedding Transportation. the body or, sometimes, the floor or bottom of a truck or trailer. 1
- noun bedding Chemistry. a compact mass of a substance functioning in a reaction as a catalyst or reactant. 1
- noun bedding Sports. the canvas surface of a trampoline. the smooth, wooden floor of a bowling alley. the slate surface of a billiard table to which the cloth is fastened. 1
- noun bedding Zoology. flesh enveloping the base of a claw, especially the germinative layer beneath the claw. 1
- noun bedding Also called mock, mock mold. Shipbuilding. a shaped steel pattern upon which furnaced plates for the hull of a vessel are hammered to shape. 1
- noun bedding bed and board. 1
- adjective bedding Horticulture. of or relating to a plant especially suited to or prepared for planting in an open-air bed for ornamental displays: bedding hyacinths; bedding begonias. 1
- verb with object bedding to provide with a bed. 1
- verb with object bedding to put to bed. 1
- verb with object bedding Horticulture. to plant in or as in a bed. 1
- verb with object bedding to lay flat. 1
- verb with object bedding to place in a bed or layer: to bed oysters. 1
- verb with object bedding to embed, as in a substance: bedding the flagstones in concrete. 1
- verb with object bedding to take or accompany to bed for purposes of sexual intercourse. 1
- verb without object bedding to have sleeping accommodations: He says we can bed there for the night. 1
- verb without object bedding Geology. to form a compact layer or stratum. 1
- verb without object bedding (of a metal structural part) to lie flat or close against another part. 1