A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep. • A mattress. • A bedframe. • A prepared spot in which to spend the night. • One's place of sleep or rest. • Sleep; rest; getting to sleep. • The time for going to sleep or resting in bed; bedtime. • The equipment, staffing, etc., required for a patient in a medical institution. • Time spent in a bed. • Marriage. • Sexual activity. • Clipping of bedroom. • A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid. • The bottom of a body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or river. • An area where a large number of oysters, mussels, other sessile shellfish, or a large amount of seaweed is found. • A garden plot. • A foundation or supporting surface formed of a fluid. • The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad. • The platform of a truck, trailer, wagon, railcar, or other vehicle that supports the load to be hauled. • A shaped piece of timber to hold a cask clear of a ship’s floor; a pallet. • The flat part of the press, on which the form is laid. • The flat surface of a scanner on which a document is placed to be scanned. • A piece of music, normally instrumental, over which a radio DJ talks. • Any of the sections of a dartboard with a point value, delimited by a wire. • The taut surface of a trampoline. • A horizontal layer or surface. • A deposit of ore, coal, etc. • 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. • The horizontal surface of a building stone. • The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile. • A course of stone or brick in a wall.