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straw bed

straw bed noun: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see straw, bed. Also the alternative form of strawbed.

Noun

straw bed (plural straw beds)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see straw, bed.
    • They really are better off indoors, I think, and the collective sigh of pleasure from the newly housed ewes as they gratefully subside into a deep, dry, straw bed, tells me that they agree.2010, Tim Tyne, The Sheep Book For Smallholders, page 88
    • But if your ground is sticky clay, the furrowing or straw bed methods will work better than this one.2012, Carla Emery, The Encyclopedia of Country Living

Also used as

straw bed is also the alternative form of strawbed.

Forms of straw bed

pluralstraw beds

Questions about straw bed

What does straw bed mean?
Straw bed means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see straw, bed.
What part of speech is straw bed?
Straw bed is a noun.
What is the plural of straw bed?
The plural of straw bed is straw beds.

Words near straw bed in the dictionary

  1. Stravithie
  2. straw
  3. straw bail
  4. straw ballot
  5. straw ballots
  6. straw bed
  7. straw beds
  8. straw bid
  9. straw bids
  10. straw boss
  11. straw bosses

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