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BED OF FLOWERS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bed of flowers mean?
• BED OF FLOWERS (noun)
The noun BED OF FLOWERS has 1 sense:
1. a bed in which flowers are growing
Familiarity information: BED OF FLOWERS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bed in which flowers are growing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
bed of flowers; flower bed; flowerbed
Hypernyms ("bed of flowers" is a kind of...):
bed (a plot of ground in which plants are growing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bed of flowers"):
bed of roses; rose bed (a flower bed in which roses are growing)
tulip bed (a flowerbed in which tulips are growing)
Context examples
Of their all closing about Dora, when at last she begins to say good-bye, looking, with their bright colours and ribbons, like a bed of flowers.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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