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bedground

bedground

9.9
An area of ground where a herd of cows or sheep sleeps at night
  • noun
  • /ˈbɛdˌɡraʊnd/
  • Archaic
translation icon : lugar de descanso
  • The cattle gather on the bedground every evening to rest after a long day of grazing.

Examples

  • During the hot summer nights, the sheep find comfort on their bedground beneath the stars.

  • Farmers often check the bedground to make sure it is clean and free of pests before the animals settle down.

  • The sheep, contrary old sisters that they can be, have forgotten their earlier affection for the bedground and want to keep on stuffing grass into themselves.

    Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

paddock
vsbedground
8 3.4

A small enclosed field where animals such as horses graze or exercise

is used for animals sleeping overnight rather than for general grazing
pastureland
vsbedground
2 3.7

Land covered with grass where cows or sheep eat

is for animals sleeping overnight rather than open grazing land
bed ground
vsbedground
  • UK
8.6

A place where farm animals like cows or sheep lie down to sleep at night

is the same meaning but written as a single concatenated word
bed-ground
vsbedground
  • Archaic
9.9

A place where a group of cattle or sheep sleep at night

is identical in sense but written with no hyphen as one word

Antonyms

stable
110 1.0

A building on a farm where horses or other animals live and are kept safe

How Big

range
  • US
69 3.5
pasture
102 1.4
bedground
  • Archaic
9.9
paddock
8 3.4
pen
63 3.5
spot
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

bedground singular
bedgrounds plural

Morphology

bedground = bed + ground (transparent) = bed + ground

A straightforward compound of 'bed' + 'ground' meaning the ground where animals bed; the components directly indicate the sense.

Etymology

Bedground is made of bed and ground, and it means the place where animals 'lie down' to sleep. That's why bedground refers to an area of ground where a herd sleeps at night.