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noun
- the framework of a bed supporting the springs and a mattress.
noun
- the framework of a bed, usually including a headboard and springs but excluding the mattress and other coverings
c.1400, from bed (n.) + stead; strictly “the place occupied by a bed,” but usually “raised stand on which a bed sits.”