bed·post

(bĕd′pōst′)

A vertical post at the corner of a bed.

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bedpost

(ˈbɛdˌpəʊst)

1. (Furniture) any of the four vertical supports at the corners of a bedstead

2. between you and me and the bedpost informal confidentially; in secret

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

bed•post

(ˈbɛdˌpoʊst)

n.

one of the upright supports at the corners of a bedstead.

[1590–1600]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

bedpost - any of 4 vertical supports at the corners of a bedstead

bedframe, bedstead - the framework of a bed

support - any device that bears the weight of another thing; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf"

Translations

bedpost

[ˈbedpəʊst] N → columna f or pilar m de cama

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bedpost

bed-post [ˈbɛdpəʊst] n → colonne f de lit

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bedpost

[ˈbɛdˌpəʊst] n → colonnina del letto

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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References in classic literature

The old lady made one end of the silk thread fast to Tom's tooth with a loop and tied the other to the bedpost. Then she seized the chunk of fire and suddenly thrust it almost into the boy's face.

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A good-hearted old Irish nurse (whom I shall not forget in my will) took me up one day by the heels, when I was making more noise than was necessary, and swinging me round two or knocked my head into a cocked hat against the bedpost. This, I say, decided my fate, and made my fortune.

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You might just as well try to make a bedpost understand.

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It shrunk, collapsed, and dwindled down into a bedpost.

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May Fielding was already come; and so was her mother--a little querulous chip of an old lady with a peevish face, who, in right of having preserved a waist like a bedpost, was supposed to be a most transcendent figure; and who, in consequence of having once been better off, or of labouring under an impression that she might have been, if something had happened which never did happen, and seemed to have never been particularly likely to come to pass--but it's all the same--was very genteel and patronising indeed.

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In this process the chamber and its furniture grew more and more dignified and luxurious; the shawl hanging at the window took upon itself the richness of tapestry; the brass handles of the chest of drawers were as golden knockers; and the carved bedposts seemed to have some kinship with the magnificent pillars of Solomon's temple.

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I sank on my knees, my hands clasped round one of the bedposts; then I felt that I was lost."

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It was a very clean native compound: and the big native woman, with bare brown legs as thick as bedposts, pursuing on all fours a silver dollar that came rolling out from somewhere, was Mrs.

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Me and Lonnie, put on the style Chewy on the bedpost, always made me smile.

Your Poem

At about midnight when she tried to turn to her left but could not do so, she woke up and saw her father Tonyo tying her right hand to the bedpost. She could only manage to say "Tay" as Tonyo immediately stuffed her mouth before she could even ask why he was doing that to her.

Defective charges

Former Miss Ireland Aoife left the competition on Wednesday having broken her toe on a bedpost.

I'll Beirne up the dance floor

Actually, between you, me and the bedpost palm trees, I do so hope Carwyn's tears were genuine.

I'm hoping Carwyn's tears were genuine