BED OF ROSES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bed of roses mean? 

• BED OF ROSES (noun)
  The noun BED OF ROSES has 1 sense:

1. a flower bed in which roses are growing

  Familiarity information: BED OF ROSES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BED OF ROSES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A flower bed in which roses are growing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bed of roses; rose bed

Hypernyms ("bed of roses" is a kind of...):

bed of flowers; flower bed; flowerbed (a bed in which flowers are growing)

Holonyms ("bed of roses" is a part of...):

rose garden (a garden for growing roses)

 Context examples 

“A lucky hit!” said he, as he called to his servant, and told him to go to a beautiful bed of roses that was there, and bring him away one of the finest flowers.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)