(computing) The flat surface of a scanner on which a document is placed to be scanned.
(darts) Any of the sections of a dartboard with a point value, delimited by a wire.
(figurative) Marriage.
(figurative, uncountable) Sexual activity.
(geology) The smallest division of a geologic formation or stratigraphic rock series marked by well-defined divisional planes (bedding planes) separating it from layers above and below.
(masonry) A course of stone or brick in a wall.
(masonry) The horizontal surface of a building stone.
(masonry) The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.
(printing, dated) The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid.
(trampoline) The taut surface of a trampoline.
(uncountable) Time spent in a bed.
(uncountable, usually after a preposition) Sleep; rest; getting to sleep.
(uncountable, usually after a preposition) The time for going to sleep or resting in bed; bedtime.
(usually after a preposition) One's place of sleep or rest.
A deposit of ore, coal, etc.
A foundation or supporting surface formed of a fluid.
A garden plot.
A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
A piece of music, normally instrumental, over which a radio DJ talks.
A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
A prepared spot in which to spend the night.
A shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear of a ship’s floor; a pallet.
Abbreviation of bedroom.
An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, other sessile shellfish, or a large amount of seaweed is found.
The bottom of a body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or river.
The platform of a truck, trailer, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled.
The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.
verb
(intransitive) To go to bed.
(transitive) To dress or prepare the surface of (stone) so it can serve as a bed.
(transitive) To furnish with a bed or bedding.
(transitive) To lay flat; to lay in order; to place in a horizontal or recumbent position.
(transitive) To lay or put in any hollow place, or place of rest and security, surrounded or enclosed; to embed.
(transitive) To place in a bed.
(transitive) To set in a soft matrix, as paving stones in sand, or tiles in cement.
(transitive) To set out (plants) in a garden bed.
(transitive, intransitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
