bedframe

[ bed-freym ]

noun

1. the frame of a bed, including the bedrails, headboard, and footboard.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bedframe¹

First recorded in 1805–15; bed + frame

Example Sentences

It was found in a bedroom along with blood stains on a jumper, a mattress, a bed sheet and a bedframe.

From BBC

In hotels, the devices sit between mattresses and bedframes.

From BBC

They accuse him of tying prisoners to metal bedframes and torturing them with a cattle prod.

From BBC

It shows him handcuffed to a metal bedframe with visible bruises on one knee where he was electrocuted.

From BBC

I fell onto the floor, nearly sending the bedframe toppling over in the process.

From Literature