The wooden or metal structure that holds up a mattress and forms the basic skeleton of a bed.
From 'bed' + 'frame' (an underlying structure). This compound became standard in English during the Industrial Revolution when bed manufacturing became industrialized.
Bed frames are a perfect example of how old furniture has evolved—medieval beds had wooden frames, but modern ones use metal springs and sometimes complex engineering to improve comfort!
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