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bedkey

bedkey noun: an instrument for adjusting the tightness of parts of a bedstead.

bedkey: an instrument for adjusting the tightness of parts of a bedstead
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Noun

bedkey (plural bedkeys)

  1. (historical) An instrument for adjusting the tightness of parts of a bedstead.
    • There didn't seem to be much furniture in the house, but when we began to move it, it at once seemed to multiply itself with the rapidity of compound interest. We got all the clothes out first, in drawers and clothes-baskets, and tied up in sheets. Eliza wasn't much use. The only thing she could do...1905, Edith Nesbit, Oswald Bastable and Others, The arsenicators
    Synonyms:
    bed wrench

Synonyms of bedkey

Forms of bedkey

pluralbedkeys

Origin of bedkey

From bed + key.

Questions about bedkey

What does bedkey mean?
Bedkey means an instrument for adjusting the tightness of parts of a bedstead.
What part of speech is bedkey?
Bedkey is a noun.
What is the plural of bedkey?
The plural of bedkey is bedkeys.

Words near bedkey in the dictionary

  1. bedja pot
  2. bedja pots
  3. bedjacket
  4. bedjacketed
  5. bedjackets
  6. bedkey
  7. bedkeys
  8. bedknob
  9. bedknobs
  10. bedlam
  11. Bedlam beggar

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