Beds

American

[bedz] / bɛdz /

noun

another name for Bedfordshire.

Beds British

abbreviation

Bedfordshire

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Example Sentences

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Beds for overnight stay are available, Sauceda said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025

We stayed in a motel there, and the next morning, driving out of town, we saw a sign for the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2024

Hotton spent several field seasons excavating fossils from rock outcrops in north central Texas known as the Red Beds.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2024

Beds were set up outside the main hospital in Herat to receive a flood of victims, photos on social media showed.

From Reuters • Oct. 8, 2023

Beds had to be made before in-mates left their cells.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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