bed|ding

bed|ding
bed|ding «BEHD ihng», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. a) sheets, blankets, quilts, and sometimes bedspreads and other coverings: »

All of the bedding fell to the floor during the pillow fight.

b) mattresses, pillows, sleeping bags, bedrolls, and sometimes springs.
2. material for beds: »

Straw is used as bedding for cows and horses.

3. a foundation; bottom layer.
4. Geology. arrangement of rocks or other strata in beds or layers; stratification.
5. the planting of flowers in beds for decoration.
–adj.
suitable for being grown in decorative garden beds: »

bedding varieties of petunias.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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