- four-poster bed
- four-poster bed variant UK USMain entry: four-poster
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a large bed with a tall post at each of the four corners, a cover over the top and curtains around the sides
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
four-poster bed
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Four-poster bed — A four poster bed is a bed with four vertical columns, one in each corner, that support a tester, or upper (usually rectangular) panel. There are a number of antique four poster beds extant dating to the 16th century and earlier; many of these… … Wikipedia
four-poster bed — four poster UK / US or four poster bed UK / US noun [countable] Word forms four poster : singular four poster plural four posters an old fashioned bed with four tall posts at the corners, which sometimes has a cover over the top and curtains… … English dictionary
four-poster bed — four poster beds N COUNT A four poster bed or a four poster is a large old fashioned bed that has a tall post at each corner and curtains that can be drawn around it … English dictionary
four-poster bed — also four poster n a bed with four tall posts at the corners, a cover fixed at the top of the posts, and curtains around the sides … Dictionary of contemporary English
Four poster bed — A four poster bed is a bed with four vertical columns, one in each corner, that support a tester, or upper (usually rectangular) panel. There are a number of antique four poster beds extant dating to the 16th century and earlier; many of these… … Wikipedia
four-poster — UK / US or four poster bed UK / US noun [countable] Word forms four poster : singular four poster plural four posters an old fashioned bed with four tall posts at the corners, which sometimes has a cover over the top and curtains around the sides … English dictionary
four-poster — (also four poster bed) ► NOUN ▪ a canopied bed with a post at each corner … English terms dictionary
four-poster — noun a bed with posts at the four corners that can be used to support a canopy or curtains • Hypernyms: ↑bed • Part Meronyms: ↑leg * * * ˌfour poster ˈbed [four poster bed] ( … Useful english dictionary
four-poster — /fɔ ˈpoʊstə/ (say faw pohstuh) noun a bed with four posts supporting a canopy over the bed, sometimes with curtains. Also, four post bed, four poster bed …
four-poster — also four poster bed noun (C) a bed with four tall posts at the corners, a cover fixed at the top of the posts, and curtains around the sides … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
