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BNC: 49932 COCA: 27873

bedpost

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bedpost /ˈbɛdˌpoʊst/ noun
plural bedposts
bedpost
/ˈbɛdˌpoʊst/
noun
plural bedposts
Learner's definition of BEDPOST
[count]
: any one of the four main supporting posts at each corner of an old-fashioned bed床柱
BNC: 49932 COCA: 27873

bedpost

noun

bed·​post ˈbed-ˌpōst How to pronounce bedpost (audio)
: the usually turned or carved post of a bed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The girl was able to tell investigators that she was bound to a bedpost for nearly a week and given alcohol to keep her in a drugged state. Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 7 Sep. 2022 The girl was able to tell investigators that she was bound to a bedpost for nearly a week and given alcohol to keep her in a drugged state. Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 4 Aug. 2022 Gretchen Catherwood keeps the cross her son was wearing on a chain around her bedpost with his dog tags. Claire Galofaro And Russ Bynum, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2021 Late capitalism scored another notch on its bedpost. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2021 Tie a piece of rope to your bedpost or to the side of the metal mattress frame. Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2020 When officers arrived, Galva was dead, impaled through her chest by the 12-inch blade at the sharp end of a bedpost. Sidney Fussell, Wired, 23 Aug. 2020 He himself was tied to a bedpost at age 11, while his 7-year-old sister was locked in her room during the attack on Wini Schultze. Don Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 18 Aug. 2020 But watch how Wyler lingers on that frilly extravagance, now propped on her bedpost. Joshua Rothkopf, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1598, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bedpost was in 1598
BNC: 49932 COCA: 27873

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