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bedstead

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bed·stead  (bdstd)
n.
The frame supporting a bed.

bedstead
Noun
the framework of a bed
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Noun1.bedsteadbedstead - the framework of a bed
bed - a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep; "he sat on the edge of the bed"; "the room had only a bed and chair"
bedpost - any of 4 vertical supports at the corners of a bedstead
bedspring - (usually plural) one of the springs holding up the mattress of a bed
footboard - a vertical board or panel forming the foot of a bedstead
article of furniture, furniture, piece of furniture - furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy; "they had too much furniture for the small apartment"; "there was only one piece of furniture in the room"
headboard - a vertical board or panel forming the head of a bedstead

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Is the spike so low a thing as the rusty spike on the top of a post of an old bedstead that has tumbled all awry?
The part of the room behind the columns, with a high silk-curtained mahogany bedstead on one side and on the other an immense case containing icons, was brightly illuminated with red light like a Russian church during evening service.
thought the old Queen-mother; however, she said not a word of what she was going to do; but went quietly into the bedroom, took all the bed-clothes off the bed, and put three little peas on the bedstead.
 
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