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bed stone

bed stone is the alternative spelling of bedstone.

Meaning of bedstone

Noun

bedstone (plural bedstones)

  1. A large, heavy, flat stone used to support a column or similar member, or as the lower stone of an oil mill.
    • After demolition the girders for half the new structure were erected on bedstones already built on the abutments behind the springings of the old arch.1941 February, “Bridge demolition by lifting”, in Railway Magazine, pages 74–75

Forms of bed stone

pluralbed stones

Questions about bed stone

What is bed stone the alternative spelling of?
Bed stone is the alternative spelling of bedstone.

Words near bed stone in the dictionary

  1. bed sheet
  2. bed sheets
  3. bed sore
  4. bed sores
  5. bed spacing
  6. bed stone
  7. bed stones
  8. bed surf
  9. bed surfed
  10. bed surfer
  11. bed surfers

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