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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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This highly portable 2-inch mattress weighs only 14 ounces and packs down to the size of a water bottle.
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Look for bedbug shed skin, eggs and dot-like feces around the mattress and box spring seams, piping and tags.
Noun
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The woman alleged that Vargas later climbed onto the futon and began kissing her, according to the warrant affidavit.
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There are also four compact duplexes, spanning two levels, complete with upper-level tatami mat floors—perfect for adding futons for children or groups of friends.
Noun
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After all, $300 billion worth of cash would be impractically heavy to transfer by pallet.
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The footage shows a pallet on fire sitting on a top row in storage.
Noun
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The father, Marquise Anderson, said Joanna wet the bed on two occasions on a night in February at the house in the 1900 block of Daniel Street.
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The case challenges the agency’s practice of holding noncitizens for sometimes days in facilities without a bed or other adequate accommodations.
Noun
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The kitchen is sleek and fully equipped for feeding a crowd, and the sleeping arrangements strike that rare balance between elevated and practical—proper suites for the adults and a bunk room that kids will immediately claim.
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This meant that men and women couldn't share beds, and the girls would have to bunk with one another.
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“Bedstead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedstead. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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