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bedding

[bed-ing]

noun

  1. blankets, sheets, etc., used on a bed; bedclothes.

  2. bedclothes together with a matress.

  3. litter; straw, etc., as a bed for animals.

  4. Building Trades.

    1. a foundation or bottom layer.

    2. a thin layer of putty laid in the rabbet of a window frame or muntin to give a pane of glass an even backing.

  5. Geology.arrangement of sedimentary rocks in strata.



adjective

  1. 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.

bedding

/ ˈɛɪŋ /

noun

  1. bedclothes, sometimes considered together with a mattress

  2. litter, such as straw, for animals

  3. something acting as a foundation, such as mortar under a brick

  4. the arrangement of a mass of rocks into distinct layers; stratification

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bedding1

before 1000; Middle English, Old English; bed, -ing 1
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In that time, Alice attempted to harm herself using her bedding.

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“Sometimes I will get my bedding and I will put it on the floor in the workout room or the weight room and sleep in there,” she said in the PBS interview.

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Jurors were told that a lorry driver parked nearby was bedding down for the night at the time.

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With a BBC News camera present, the glittery purple apple was placed on top of the straw bedding which covered the water voles' pen.

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"We need to bed our livestock whether it be cattle or poultry and there's dust in the bedding," he said.

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