plural noun
Pieces of furniture where people sleep.
The hotel rooms have comfortable beds.
We need to change the sheets on the beds.
American English
How to pronounce beds
noun · verbA1Very common word
BEHDZ
/bɛdz/
One syllable.
Form of bed
Beds can be a plural noun or a third-person singular verb.
Pieces of furniture where people sleep.
Practice out loudMeanings & examples
plural noun
Areas of soil prepared for growing flowers or vegetables.
The park has colorful flower beds.
They planted lettuce in two raised beds.
plural noun
The bottoms of rivers, lakes, or seas.
The river beds are dry after the long drought.
Several boats got stuck on the lake beds during the drought.
plural noun
The open, flat parts at the backs of pickup trucks, used for carrying things.
The trucks have large beds for hauling tools.
Keep the boxes in the truck beds.
Useful expressions
to go to your bed in order to sleep
I usually go to bed before eleven.
to help someone get into bed and prepare to sleep
I put the baby to bed at seven.
a place that provides a room and breakfast
We stayed at a small bed and breakfast.
Related words & forms
Before -ed and -ing, the final d doubles: bedded, bedding.