bedding

Meanings

Noun

• The textiles associated with a bed, e.g., sheets, pillowcases, bedspreads, blankets, etc.
• Any material used by or provided to animals to lie on.
• a structure occurring in granite and similar massive rocks that allows them to split in well-defined planes horizontally or parallel to the land surface
• the temporary planting of fast-growing plants into flower beds to create colourful, temporary, seasonal displays, during spring, summer or winter

Verb

• Present participle of bed

Related

Similar words

• bedclothes, bedlinen
• litter

Origin

• From Middle English bedding, beddyng, from Old English bedding, equivalent to bed + -ing.
• From bed + -ing.