bedstead

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Recent Examples of bedstead 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 My dad had rigged a ramp up to a derelict bedstead and boarded over the springs. Jeanette Winterson, The New Yorker, 4 June 2017 In guest rooms, fires and lamplight illuminate upholstered sleigh beds or traditional turned-wood New England bedsteads. Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017 One room boasts crimson walls and a large white wooden bedstead, with pretty floral bedding. Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2017 Guest bedrooms are furnished with mother-of-pearl wardrobes from Syria and gold bedsteads from Egypt. Lizzie Porter, CNN, 3 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedstead
Noun
  • The brand says this mattress is made with seven layers of these natural materials as well as over 2,400 steel coils.
    Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 20 June 2025
  • Read Next National Teen was raped on mattress in a field in 2006, Utah officials say.
    Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • This Novogratz Brittany futon combines a modern design with functionality and comes in several colors.
    Jené Luciani Sena may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 14 June 2025
  • The body of a missing woman was discovered hidden inside a futon with stab wounds, Pennsylvania authorities say.
    Mike Stunson, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • That is, until heavily armed goons arrive to steal a pallet of gold bars.
    Mark Kennedy, Boston Herald, 20 June 2025
  • And rather than directly handing the boxes to people, the group’s workers instead dump them on pallets and watch crowds swarm over them.
    Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • The sides of the bed are also guarded against dust and liquid, but the bottom of the mattress remains open.
    Julia Forbes, Wired News, 23 June 2025
  • Maybe that’s pulling out some arts and crafts, listening to an audiobook in bed, or cooking a new recipe.
    Julia Ries, SELF, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • While kids will love the deluxe king bunk room, there are a variety of spacious accommodations for families.
    Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
  • Society Hotel The boutique Society Hotel is set in an old schoolhouse and has the complete traveler accommodation toolkit: bunk rooms, private rooms, and cutesy cabins.
    Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2025

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“Bedstead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedstead. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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