baby's bed
- noun
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- As soon as his daughter was born, he set up the baby's bed in the nursery.
Examples
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He had cleaned the baby's bed the night he returned home and had told Marta only about the food remains.
Fiction book (1990) -
The baby slept soundly in her baby's bed with the soft blankets covering her.
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It is important to ensure that the baby's bed is free of any toys to create a safe sleeping environment.
Synonyms
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A small bed with high sides for a baby
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A small bed for a baby that rocks to help it sleep
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A small bed for a newborn baby that sits near the parents' bed
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A small bed with high sides for a baby to sleep safely
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A small bed with high sides that keeps a baby safe from falling out
A small light bed with handles for carrying a baby
How Safe
Surface Forms
Morphology
baby's + bed
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'baby's' (the possessive of baby) + 'bed' (sleeping furniture); a B1 learner who knows both words will understand it as the bed belonging to or intended for a baby. Possessive noun + noun phrases are common cross-linguistically and follow regular English composition patterns, making the phrase fully predictable from its parts.
Etymology
Baby's bed comes from the simple idea of a small bed made just for a baby, with high sides or bars to stop the child from falling out. So, the phrase means 'a small bed with high sides to keep a baby safe while sleeping'.