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bed head

bed head is the alternative form of bedhead.

Meaning of bedhead

Noun (1)

bedhead (countable and uncountable, plural bedheads)

  1. (colloquial) The condition of having unkempt hair, generally as a result of having just woken up from sleep.
    • Hand was looking flustered with me, though he was still only half-awake and his bedhead was ridiculous […]2002, Dave Eggers, You Shall Know Our Velocity, Vintage Canada, published 2011
    Synonyms:
    bed hair

Noun (2)

bedhead (plural bedheads)

  1. (UK) A vertical panel or board at the end of a bed where the pillow is placed.
    • Holonyms: bedstead; bedframe (sometimes comeronymous)
    Synonyms:
    headboard
  2. The end of a bed where the pillow is placed, the head of the bed.
    • Miss Macspleuchan, with a faint shriek, rang the bell at the bed-head violently; but before she or any one else could reach her, Lady Cecilia had fallen heavily on the floor, where she lay unconsciously, her maid falling down over her as she rushed into the room, alarmed by the sudden and violent...1841, Samuel Warren, Ten Thousand a-Year, Boston: Little & Brown, published 1900, Vol. III, Chapter, VIII, p. 342
    Synonyms:
    head, bed's head

Questions about bed head

What is bed head the alternative form of?
Bed head is the alternative form of bedhead.

Words near bed head in the dictionary

  1. bed frame
  2. bed frames
  3. bed ground
  4. bed grounds
  5. bed hair
  6. bed head
  7. bed in
  8. bed jacket
  9. bed jackets
  10. bed key
  11. bed linen

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