bedstead

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Recent Examples of bedstead Calling it the Fair View, Mulrooney was meticulous in choosing the lace curtains, plush carpets, brass bedsteads and other finery that would make her new hotel the envy of the region’s other hoteliers, who housed most guests in rough dormitories. Melanie Haiken, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024 The Emerald Ridge room, for example, has original redwood-slat walls, an antique bedstead and river views, while the sunny Rhododendron boasts period wallpaper and a claw-foot tub. Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024 Orwell typed for hours upstairs, sitting on his iron bedstead in a tatty dressing gown, chain-smoking shag tobacco. Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024 The only possible exit is a skylight, and the only means of reaching it is to build a tower from a bedstead and other bits of furniture. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2023 My dad had rigged a ramp up to a derelict bedstead and boarded over the springs. Jeanette Winterson, The New Yorker, 4 June 2017 In guest rooms, fires and lamplight illuminate upholstered sleigh beds or traditional turned-wood New England bedsteads. Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017 Our room’s vintage iron bedstead was set against walls painted a soft, saturated green. Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2017 One room boasts crimson walls and a large white wooden bedstead, with pretty floral bedding. Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedstead
Noun
  • Stay Here: Rent a tent to camp at the misty Pang Ung lakeside (inclusive of a mattress and blanket) or check in to nearby Reverie Siam, a riverside resort inspired by early 20th-century colonial architecture.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2025
  • She’s been covering sleep products for over two years and has tested more than 50 mattresses, helped to oversee mattress testing in our lab and even toured a mattress factory to learn more about how mattresses go from raw materials to your bedroom.
    Jaylyn Pruitt, Health, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Memoir Along Came Harvey Robin Richardson My father defaulted on his dreams, abandoned his daughter, and resigned himself to living on a futon in his parents' living room.
    Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Japanese futons offer a closer connection to the simplicity and elegance of Japanese living.
    Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • During live burn training sessions, a bin is loaded with pallets and straw and then set on fire.
    Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2025
  • At least 20 people either drowned trying to retrieve the aid or were killed when pallets landed on them, according to Gaza health authorities.
    Jane Arraf, NPR, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The rooms have fireplaces, a luxurious king-sized bed, and plenty of space to stretch out.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
  • To The Motoring Club! Telo has raised some US$6.8 million over the last couple of years with its vision to build a compact, performance electric truck with a full-size bed and the footprint of a Mini Cooper SE.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • All around her, her fellow passengers are screaming and praying as water sprays in around the portholes and people are thrown from their bunks.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Greer tumbled from the top bunk and suffered life-altering brain trauma.
    Kelly Davis, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025

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“Bedstead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedstead. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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