iron bed

collocation in English

meaningsofironandbed

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iron
noun
uk
/aɪən/us
/aɪrn/
a chemical element that is a common greyish-coloured metal. It is strong, used in making steel, and exists in very small amounts ...
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bed
noun
uk
/bed/us
/bed/
a large, rectangular piece of furniture, often with four legs, used for ...
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(Definition ofironandbedfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Stage left holds a simpleironbedwith a figure lying on it, silent, completely covered by a blanket.
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Their only furniture was a hardironbed.
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Each prisoner received anironbed.
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Merrick had anironbedwith a curtain drawn around to afford him some privacy.
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The first mill was a steam sawmill, which closely followed by bed factoryironbed. 1908 was built the so-called threshing as manufactured threshing machines, fertilizer spreaders and harrows.
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Chas was selling mattresses, cots,ironbedframes and wholesaling other materials while developing contacts and suppliers for his brass bed business which he began in earnest in early 1855.
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The accommodation for women is one room containing three iron beds with wool mattresses, flock pillow and linen pillow slips.
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The accommodation for men consists of three dormitories each containing eight iron beds with diamond mesh mattresses, canvas overlays, straw pillows and four blankets each.
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Iron beds appear in the 18th century; the advertisements declare them as free from the insects which sometimes infested wooden bedsteads.
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They had brick floors and contained two iron beds, some three.
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Proponents promoted the supposed health benefits of iron beds.
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The guest rooms were appointed with iron beds and dressers.
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Almost all iron beds now have a beech wood sprung slatted base in a steel framework which gives support to all types of mattresses.
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Bench planes are characterized by the cutting iron bedded with the bevel facing down and attached to a chipbreaker.
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Block planes are characterized by the absence of a chipbreaker and the cutting iron bedded with the bevel up.
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Todays iron beds are constructed of cold roll, heavy-gauge steel tubing and solid bar stock.
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Guests stay in almost surreally charming canvas wall-tents furnished with hardwood floors, woodstoves, vintage iron beds, romantic bed linens, organic cotton sheets, outdoor heated clawfoot tubs, and outhouses.
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