bed vs railroad bed

railroad bed vs bed

bed and railroad bed both are nouns.

bed is a verb but railroad bed is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bed	Yes	No	Yes	No
railroad bed	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, railroad bed is a hyponym of bed; that is, railroad bed is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bed:

bed: a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track
railroad bed: a bed on which railroad track is laid

Other hyponyms of bed include roadbed.

bed (noun)	railroad bed (noun)
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep	a bed on which railroad track is laid
a plot of ground in which plants are growing
a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track
the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.
single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit
a depression forming the ground under a body of water
(geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock)

bed (verb)	railroad bed (verb)
prepare for sleep
have sexual intercourse with
put to bed
place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil
furnish with a bed

Difference between bed and railroad bed

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