BEDPOST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bedpost mean? 

• BEDPOST (noun)
  The noun BEDPOST has 1 sense:

1. any of 4 vertical supports at the corners of a bedstead

  Familiarity information: BEDPOST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEDPOST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of 4 vertical supports at the corners of a bedstead

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bedpost" is a kind of...):

support (any device that bears the weight of another thing)

Holonyms ("bedpost" is a part of...):

bedframe; bedstead (the framework of a bed)