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bed vs roadbed

roadbed vs bed

bed and roadbed both are nouns.

bed is a verb but roadbed is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
bed Yes No Yes No
roadbed Yes No No No
As nouns, roadbed is a hyponym of bed; that is, roadbed is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bed:
  • bed: a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track
  • roadbed: a bed supporting a road
Other hyponyms of bed include railroad bed.
bed (noun) roadbed (noun)
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep a bed supporting a road
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) roadbed (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 roadbed

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