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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: coverings that are used on a bed [syn: bedclothes, bed clothing, bedding]
2: material used to provide a bed for animals [syn: bedding material, bedding, litter]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from bedd Date: before 12th century 1. bedclothes 2. a bottom layer ; foundation 3. material to provide a bed for livestock 4. stratification II. adjective Etymology: from gerund of ²bed Date: 1856 suitable for planting in large groups in flower beds to produce a mass display <bedding plants>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a mattress and bedclothes. 2 a litter for cattle, horses, etc. 3 a bottom layer. 4 Geol. the stratification of rocks, esp. when clearly visible. Phrases and idioms: bedding plant a plant suitable for a garden bed.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bed Bed, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedded; p. pr. & vb. n. Bedding.] 1. To place in a bed. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. To make partaker of one's bed; to cohabit with. I'll to the Tuscan wars, and never bed her. --Shak. 3. To furnish with a bed or bedding. 4. To plant or arrange in beds; to set, or cover, as in a bed of soft earth; as, to bed the roots of a plant in mold. 5. To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or inclosed; to embed; to furnish with or place upon a bed or foundation; as, to bed a stone; it was bedded on a rock. Among all chains or clusters of mountains where large bodies of still water are bedded. --Wordsworth. 6. (Masonry) To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed. 7. To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position. ``Bedded hair.'' --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bedding Bed"ding, n. [AS. bedding, beding. See Bed.] 1. A bed and its furniture; the materials of a bed, whether for man or beast; bedclothes; litter. 2. (Geol.) The state or position of beds and layers.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Bedding is sheets, blankets, and covers that are used on beds.

Moby Thesaurus

afghan, air mattress, band, base, basement, basis, bearing wall, bed, bed linen, bedclothes, bedcover, bedrock, bedsheet, bedspread, belt, blanket, bolster, buffalo robe, case, clothes, comfort, comforter, contour sheet, couche, counterpane, course, cover, coverlet, coverlid, cushion, deck, eiderdown, fitted sheet, floor, flooring, fond, footing, foundation, fundament, fundamental, gallery, ground, grounds, groundwork, hardpan, innerspring mattress, lap robe, layer, ledge, level, linen, litter, mat, mattress, measures, overlayer, overstory, pad, pallet, patchwork quilt, pavement, pillow, pillow slip, pillowcase, principle, quilt, radical, riprap, robe, rock bottom, rudiment, rug, seam, seat, sheet, sheeting, shelf, sill, sleeping bag, slip, solid ground, solid rock, spread, springs, stage, step, stereobate, story, stratum, stylobate, substratum, substruction, substructure, superstratum, terra firma, thickness, tier, topsoil, underbed, underbedding, underbuilding, undercarriage, undergirding, underlayer, underpinning, understory, understratum, understruction, understructure, zone