How to pronounce bed

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What bed means

noun

Most people know bed in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

The ground at the bottom of a river or sea

In a sentence: When the river dried up in summer, we walked across its rocky bed.

Where it comes from: It comes from Old English bedd, from a very old word for a resting place or a patch of ground. It is the same word as the bed you sleep in.

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