bedrail

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noun

A rail at the head, foot, or side of a bed.

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Meanings

nounbedrail (plural bedrails)

plural bedrails

  1. A rail at the head, foot, or side of a bed.

    As long as surfaces in hospitals are contaminated with drug-resistant bacteria, doctors’ and nurses’ hands become recontaminated seconds after washing and gloving, as soon as they pull open a privacy curtain to see the next patient or touch a bedrail.

    2008 May 26, “Deadly Infections”, in New York Times

Origin

From bed + rail.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

railbed
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APA

bedrail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedrail

MLA

“bedrail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedrail. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bedrail,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedrail.

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