bedding

English Online Dictionary. What means bedding‎? What does bedding mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛdɪŋ/, [ˈbɛɾɪŋ]
• Rhymes: -ɛdɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English bedding, beddyng, from Old English bedding (“bedding”), equivalent to bed +‎ -ing.

Noun

bedding (countable and uncountable, plural beddings)

1. The textiles associated with a bed, e.g., sheets, pillowcases, bedspreads, blankets, etc.

   Synonyms: bedclothes, bedlinen
2. (British) The textiles associated with the bed, as well as the mattress, bedframe, or bed base (such as box spring).
3. Any material used by or provided to animals to lie on.

   Synonym: litter

4. (geology) A structure occurring in granite and similar massive rocks that allows them to split in well-defined planes horizontally or parallel to the land surface.
5. (horticulture) The temporary planting of fast-growing plants into flower beds to create colourful, temporary, seasonal displays, during spring, summer or winter.

Derived terms

• (geology): bedding plane, crossbedding
• (textiles): bedding set, carpet bedding
• (others): : bedding plant

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Etymology 2

From bed +‎ -ing.

Verb

bedding

1. present participle and gerund of bed

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch beddinge. Equivalent to bed +‎ -ing. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.dɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: bed‧ding

Noun

bedding f (plural beddingen, diminutive beddinkje n)

1. bed of any body of water; riverbed, seabed

   Duikers onderzochten de bedding van de zee op zoek naar scheepswrakken. ― Divers explored the seabed looking for shipwrecks.

   De rivier heeft in de loop der tijd zijn bedding veranderd. ― The river has changed its riverbed over time.

   Er zijn veel onontdekte soorten in de diepe oceaanbedding. ― There are many undiscovered species in the deep ocean bed.

   Synonym: bed

2. floor or frame on which an artillery mount or gun carriage is deployed
   • 1871, F. H. W. Kuypers, Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche artillerie van de vroegste tijden tot heden, vol. 2, publ. by Adolf Blomhert, page 232.

Hyponyms

(bed of a body of water):

• rivierbed
• rivierbedding
• stroombed
• stroombedding
• zeebed
• zeebedding

Descendants

• → Indonesian: bédéng, bèdèng