bedpost

noun

bed·​post ˈbed-ˌpōst How to pronounce bedpost (audio)
: the usually turned or carved post of a bed

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That charge stems from the death of Crespo's 32-year-old girlfriend Silvia Galva, who died in July 2019 after being impaled on a bedpost in the couple's bedroom at their home in Hallendale Beach, about 15 miles north of Miami. Chris Spargo, People.com, 12 Aug. 2025 Iris dances to the song while Isaac is chained to the bedposts, in a desperately misguided attempt to win him over. Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 28 July 2025 Shackled to the bedposts with no chance of rescue, Jessie has to figure out how to survive. Danny Horn, James Mercadante, Ilana Gordon, EW.com, 31 July 2024 The types of weapons featured in the scene ratchet up with each reveal, from a knife to an entire bedpost Ron pulls out of his blazer to various medieval torture tools. Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024 On the fateful morning, let the housemaid, on entering each visitor’s room, carefully replace the empty stocking dangling on the bedpost with the bulging, worsted one. Nancy Mitford, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2023 The results dashed Youngkin’s dream of hanging his red fleece vest on a White House bedpost after next year’s presidential election. Robert McCartney, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023 Prosecutors objected to any early release from prison, noting that McFadden had tied a 17-year-old’s hands and feet to bedposts, cut her shirt off and raped her at knifepoint. Sean Murphy, Anchorage Daily News, 4 May 2023 He was raised working-class in Salford, near Manchester, and first heard hints of the stateside musical revolution by pressing his ear to his bedpost on Sunday nights. Grayson Haver Currin, New York Times, 10 May 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1598, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bedpost was in 1598

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“Bedpost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bedpost. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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