FOUR-POSTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does four-poster mean? 

• FOUR-POSTER (noun)
  The noun FOUR-POSTER has 1 sense:

1. a bed with posts at the four corners that can be used to support a canopy or curtains

  Familiarity information: FOUR-POSTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOUR-POSTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bed with posts at the four corners that can be used to support a canopy or curtains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("four-poster" is a kind of...):

bed (a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep)

Meronyms (parts of "four-poster"):

leg (one of the supports for a piece of furniture)