ETYM AS. bed, bedd; akin to OS. bed, Dutch bed, bedde, Icel. bedr, Dan. bed, Swed. bädd, Goth. badi, Old High Germ. betti, German bett, bette, bed, beet a plat of ground; all of uncertain origin.
In geology, a single sedimentary rock unit with a distinct set of physical characteristics or contained fossils, readily distinguishable from those of beds above and below. Well-defined partings called bedding planes separate successive beds or strata.
The depth of a bed can vary from a fraction of a centimeter to several meters or yards, and can extend over any area. The term is also used to indicate the floor beneath a body of water (lake bed) and a layer formed by a fall of particles (ash bed).
1. (Geology) A stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock).
2. A depression forming the ground under a body of water; SYN. bottom.
3. A foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track.
4. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
5. A plot of ground in which plants are growing. + prikaži više

ETYM Old Fren. diaspre, diapre, diaspe, sort of figured cloth, Italian diaspro jasper, diaspo figured cloth, from Latin jaspis a green-colored precious stone. Related to Jasper.
1. A fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven pattern of small repeated figures.
2. Folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement; SYN. nappy, napkin.
3. Linen with regular repetitive pattern; such pattern; American, diaper. + prikaži više

1. A relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another SYN. level, stratum, sheet.
2. A single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance.
3. Thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells.

ETYM Latin, from sternere, stratum, to spread.
(Irregular plural: strata).
One of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism).

ETYM Pref. a- in, on + bed.
In bed.

ETYM Latin incumbens, -entis, p. pr. of incumbere to lie down upon, press upon; pref. in- in, on + cumbere (in comp.); akin to cubare to lie down. Related to Incubate.
1. Currently holding an office.
2. (Geology) Lying or leaning on something else.

ETYM Latin recumbens, -entis, p. pr. of recumbere. Related to Recumb, Incumbent.
Leaning; reclining; lying; Hence, figuratively; Resting; inactive; idle.
Reclining; lying comfortably; lying at ease.