Entry Word: bed

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a place set aside for sleeping <the sofa in the living room will be your bed for the night>

Synonyms bunk, pad, sack

Related Words bedstead, mattress, pallet; cot, couch, daybed, feather bed, four-poster, hammock, sofa, sofa bed, studio couch, trundle bed, water bed; bassinet, cradle, crib

2 the surface upon which a body of water lies <some prospectors found gold in the bed of that mountain stream> — see bottom 2