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four-poster
noun
four-post·er
ˌfȯr-ˈpō-stər 
: a bed with tall often carved corner posts originally designed to support curtains or a canopy
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With high ceilings, handsome hardwood floors, and four-poster beds, the rooms here walk the line between stately and Nordic cool.
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Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 18 Oct. 2025
There was such a sense of dignity to the four-poster bed, such elegance.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 15 Oct. 2025
In the bedrooms, mosquito nets swathed four-poster beds.
—Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
Wallpaper is one of the most low-lift ways to make a room feel instantly cozy, like something out of a fictional bed-and-breakfast inn with four-poster beds.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
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Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 18 Oct. 2025
There was such a sense of dignity to the four-poster bed, such elegance.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 15 Oct. 2025
In the bedrooms, mosquito nets swathed four-poster beds.
—Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
Wallpaper is one of the most low-lift ways to make a room feel instantly cozy, like something out of a fictional bed-and-breakfast inn with four-poster beds.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for four-poster
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“Four-poster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/four-poster. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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