A bed is a piece of furniture you lie on to sleep or rest, usually with a mattress, sheets, and pillows. It can also mean a layer where something rests, like a flower bed or a river bed.
“Bed” comes from Old English “bedd,” meaning a place to sleep or a garden plot. It is related to other Germanic words that also mean a resting place or fixed spot.
The idea of a “bed” is really just “a prepared place to rest”—for you, for flowers, or even for a river. That’s why such different things can all have beds: they’re all lying in their own special spot.
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