bedding
nounUS /ˈbɛdɪŋ/
Etymology From Middle English bedding, beddyng, from Old English bedding (“bedding”), equivalent to bed + -ing.
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The textiles associated with a bed, e.g., sheets, pillowcases, bedspreads, blankets, etc.
- Hire of bedding, and food in the restaurant cars is cheap, and passengers are officially encouraged not to tip company's servants—but they do.1950 April 23, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 263:
- Similarly, the biotech giant Cargill has begun manufacturing a polymer from vegetable oils that is used in polyurethane foams, which is found in beddings, furniture and car-seat headrests.2008 April 9, Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, “Harnessing Biology, and Avoiding Oil, for Chemical Goods”, in New York Times:
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UK The textiles associated with the bed, as well as the mattress, bedframe, or bed base (such as box spring).
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Any material used by or provided to animals to lie on.
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Agriculture, Business, Horticulture, Lifestyle The temporary planting of fast-growing plants into flower beds to create colourful, temporary, seasonal displays, during spring, summer or winter.
- Derived terms
- bedding plane, crossbedding, bedding set, carpet bedding, bedding plant, bedding surface