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Recent Examples of bedstead
Inside, there’s an austere bedstead, ladder-back chairs, a cast-iron stove, and a wooden pegboard running along the walls—all sourced from a village near Albany.
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Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
The substantial rails are inspired by 20th-century iron bedsteads, but the color pop is very much a modern twist.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 1 Aug. 2025
Calling it the Fair View, Mulrooney was meticulous in choosing the lace curtains, plush carpets, brass bedsteads and other finery that would make her new hotel the envy of the region’s other hoteliers, who housed most guests in rough dormitories.
—Melanie Haiken, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
The Emerald Ridge room, for example, has original redwood-slat walls, an antique bedstead and river views, while the sunny Rhododendron boasts period wallpaper and a claw-foot tub.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
Orwell typed for hours upstairs, sitting on his iron bedstead in a tatty dressing gown, chain-smoking shag tobacco.
—Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
The only possible exit is a skylight, and the only means of reaching it is to build a tower from a bedstead and other bits of furniture.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2023
In guest rooms, fires and lamplight illuminate upholstered sleigh beds or traditional turned-wood New England bedsteads.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
The substantial rails are inspired by 20th-century iron bedsteads, but the color pop is very much a modern twist.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 1 Aug. 2025
Calling it the Fair View, Mulrooney was meticulous in choosing the lace curtains, plush carpets, brass bedsteads and other finery that would make her new hotel the envy of the region’s other hoteliers, who housed most guests in rough dormitories.
—Melanie Haiken, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
The Emerald Ridge room, for example, has original redwood-slat walls, an antique bedstead and river views, while the sunny Rhododendron boasts period wallpaper and a claw-foot tub.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
Orwell typed for hours upstairs, sitting on his iron bedstead in a tatty dressing gown, chain-smoking shag tobacco.
—Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
The only possible exit is a skylight, and the only means of reaching it is to build a tower from a bedstead and other bits of furniture.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2023
In guest rooms, fires and lamplight illuminate upholstered sleigh beds or traditional turned-wood New England bedsteads.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedstead
Noun
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The volunteer cleaning teams found sofas, mattresses and other items dumped illegally on the streets and behind businesses.—
Staff report,
Daily News,
6 Mar. 2026
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This medium-firm mattress is 12 inches deep with three types of supportive foam, all wrapped in a cotton cover.—
Brittany VanDerBill,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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With about 5 feet by 7 feet below the bunk, a desk fits comfortably as does a craft table, a small futon, and many, many fort iterations.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
13 Feb. 2026
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While the horrible futon mattress that started my hunt doesn't exist anymore—hallelujah for that!—there are plenty of other mattresses that have flared up my or other WIRED reviewers' back pain.—
Nena Farrell,
Wired News,
17 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Every minute, a new pallet of roof shingles rolls off assembly lines in this cavernous factory south of Atlanta.—
Zachary Hansen,
AJC.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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Club 672 is named for the number of bottles a standard wine pallet can hold and is limited to that many members.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In December 2020, O’Connor handed a drunk boy a condom and pushed him into a bed with a drunk girl, who locked herself in the bathroom out of fear, court documents state.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Just cut it low to the ground and build a planting bed over it.—
Daniel Scott,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Each has two bedrooms—the third tent’s second is a bunk room, while the other two are perfectly symmetrical in their king bed floor plans.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 Mar. 2026
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Their homes and businesses were seized while they were imprisoned, often in overcrowded, wooden bunk houses in bleak locations with harsh conditions.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Bedstead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedstead. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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