bedding
1 of 2noun
bed·ding ˈbe-diŋ 
1
: bedclothes
2
: a bottom layer : foundation
3
: material to provide a bed for livestock
4
: stratification
bedding
2 of 2adjective
: suitable for planting in large groups in flower beds to produce a mass display
bedding plants
Example Sentences
Noun Wash your cat's bedding regularly. Adjective The flower makes an excellent bedding plant.
Recent Examples on the Web
Grace Wu, Good Housekeeping, 12 Sep. 2022 The bedroom needs an above-average mattress, bedding, blankets and sheets. oregonlive, 24 July 2022 In this space designed by Arent & Pyke, the hydrangeas reflect the soft blue and gray tones of the bedding. Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 23 June 2022 However, a new mattress with some extra items like an adjustable bed frame or a fresh set of some of the best bedding on the market is always better late than never, right? Dale Arden Chong, Men's Health, 5 May 2022 Florist mums planted outside are most likely used as short-term bedding plants that will be removed when the blooms are spent, or frost kills them. Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2022 Prepare for more bedding goodness, courtesy of Parachute. Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 2 Sep. 2022 Featuring a delicate geometric print, this lightweight bedding set comes with a quilt and two pillow shams that will create texture in any bedroom. Sam Peters, Good Housekeeping, 1 Sep. 2022 Scott Tannen, co-founder and CEO of Boll & Branch, with his wife Missy, who is also chief of design, saw an opening in the bedding market for a start-up when Missy couldn’t find decent, affordable sheets anywhere, let alone luxury ones. Sharon Edelson, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022 Bridget Arsenault, Forbes, 10 June 2022 Cameras on the mast could spy distinctive angular striped layers, called cross-bedding, that only form when deposited as sediments. Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 23 Feb. 2021 See More
Noun
This is the gold standard for any organic mattress or bedding. Grace Wu, Good Housekeeping, 12 Sep. 2022 The bedroom needs an above-average mattress, bedding, blankets and sheets. oregonlive, 24 July 2022 In this space designed by Arent & Pyke, the hydrangeas reflect the soft blue and gray tones of the bedding. Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 23 June 2022 However, a new mattress with some extra items like an adjustable bed frame or a fresh set of some of the best bedding on the market is always better late than never, right? Dale Arden Chong, Men's Health, 5 May 2022 Florist mums planted outside are most likely used as short-term bedding plants that will be removed when the blooms are spent, or frost kills them. Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2022 Prepare for more bedding goodness, courtesy of Parachute. Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 2 Sep. 2022 Featuring a delicate geometric print, this lightweight bedding set comes with a quilt and two pillow shams that will create texture in any bedroom. Sam Peters, Good Housekeeping, 1 Sep. 2022 Scott Tannen, co-founder and CEO of Boll & Branch, with his wife Missy, who is also chief of design, saw an opening in the bedding market for a start-up when Missy couldn’t find decent, affordable sheets anywhere, let alone luxury ones. Sharon Edelson, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022 Adjective
Today, the brand has offices and operations in both the US and UK, and has grown to include, much more bedding, sleepwear, table linens, gifts and accessories. Bridget Arsenault, Forbes, 10 June 2022 Cameras on the mast could spy distinctive angular striped layers, called cross-bedding, that only form when deposited as sediments. Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 23 Feb. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Old English, from bedd
Adjective
from gerund of bed entry 2
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Adjective
1836, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
bedding
noun
bed·ding ˈbe-diŋ
1
: bedclothes
2
: material for a bed
bedding 1 of 2
noun
as in clothes
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- clothes
- bedclothes
- comforter
- quilt
- bedspread
- coverlet
- bedcover
- puff
- counterpane
- bedcovering
- spread
- hap
bedding
2 of 2verb
1
as in sleeping
to go to one's bed in order to sleep the campers all bedded down for the night around 9:00 p.m. Synonyms & Similar Words
- sleeping
- napping
- retiring
- settling
- turning in
- dossing (down)
- hitting the sack
- crashing
- roosting
- hitting the hay
- bunking
- slumbering
- snoozing
- perching
- dozing
- dropping off
- reclining
- nodding
- couching
- lying (down)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- waking
- rising
- getting up
- awaking
- uprising
- awakening
- arising
- stirring
- rousing
- arousing
- wakening
- shifting
- stirring
- reawakening
- reawaking
- bestirring
2
as in lodging
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter a walkway of flagstones firmly bedded in the earth Synonyms & Similar Words
- lodging
- rooting
- embedding
- implanting
- intrenching
- impacting
- entrenching
- engraining
- ingraining
- fixing
- placing
- enrooting
- putting
- imbedding
- sticking
- infusing
- imbuing
- instilling
- establishing
- beating (into)
- driving (into)
- settling
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- rooting (out)
- eliminating
- eradicating
- uprooting
- removing
- dislodging
- ejecting
- expelling
- disconnecting
- detaching
- disengaging