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Collocations for bed - noun

1. piece of furniture for sleeping on

ADJ.

double, king-size, single, twin | bunk, camp, feather, folding, four-poster, hospital, sofa | warm | unmade
a messy room, with an unmade bed and clothes on the floor
marriage

VERB + BED

do
(informal),
make, make up | strip
Please strip the beds and put the sheets in the washing machine.
climb into, crawl into, get into, go to, tumble into
She crawled into bed exhausted.
climb out of, get out of, leap out of | lie (down) on, lie in, sit on
He lay in bed, reading his book. | Elizabeth was sitting on her bed writing a letter.
put sb to, tuck sb up in
It''s your turn to put the children to bed.
wet
Don''t punish a child who wets the bed.

BED + NOUN

clothes, linen

PREP.

in ~
I like to be in bed before 11 o''clock.
out of ~
Are you out of bed yet?

PHRASES

bed and breakfast, the edge/side of the bed, the foot/head of the bed, get sb into bed
(= have sex with sb),
go to bed with sb
(= have sex with sb),
take to your bed
(= go to bed because you are ill),
time for bed
Come on, children, it''s time for bed.

2. piece of ground for growing flowers, vegetables, etc.

ADJ.

flower, rose, strawberry | ornamental | raised

PREP.

~ of
ornamental beds of roses

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