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bedside

Syllables: bed·side/ˈbɛdˌsaɪd/

bedside noun: a position at the side of one's bed.

Noun

bedside (plural bedsides)

  1. A position at the side of one's bed.
  2. Any of the side panels of the bed of a truck.

bedside meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

bedside in Tamil

படுக்கை பக்கவாட்டு

bedside in Marathi

बेडसाइड

bedside in Urdu

بیڈ سائیڈ

bedside in Bengali

বিছানার পাশ, শয্যাপার্শ্ব
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bedside in Telugu
బెడ్ సైడ్, పడక పక్క
bedside in Punjabi
ਬੈੱਡ ਸਾਈਡ
bedside in Nepali
बेडसाइड, ओछ्यानको छेउछाउ

Examples of bedside in a sentence

  • The clock radio is a friendlier version of the cold alarm by the bedside.
  • I watched the numbers clock down on the bedside alarm clock.
  • Most doctors who have good bedside manners will also have equally good webside manners.

All 27 example sentences with bedside

Forms of bedside

pluralbedsides
alternative form (archaic)bed-side

Plural of bedside: bedsides

Origin of bedside

From Middle English bedsyde, bedde syde (also as beddes side, beddes syde), equivalent to bed + -side. Compare German Bettseite (“bedside”).

Words formed from bedside

Phrases with bedside

Questions about bedside

What does bedside mean?
Bedside means a position at the side of one's bed.
What is bedside in Tamil?
Bedside in Tamil is படுக்கை பக்கவாட்டு. See Bedside meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bedside?
Bedside is a noun.
How do you pronounce bedside?
Bedside is pronounced /ˈbɛdˌsaɪd/.
What is the plural of bedside?
The plural of bedside is bedsides.

Words near bedside in the dictionary

  1. bedsheet ballot
  2. bedsheet ballots
  3. bedsheeting
  4. bedsheetings
  5. bedsheets
  6. bedside
  7. bedside manner
  8. bedside manners
  9. bedside sleeper
  10. bedside table
  11. bedside tables

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bedside (page history and authors); bedside (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bedside (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bedside (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bedside (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bedside (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bedside (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bedside (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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