bedspace

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noun

Space available for patients in hospital beds or inmates in prison beds.

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Meanings

nounbedspace (countable and uncountable, plural bedspaces)

plural bedspaces

  1. uncountablemedicineSpace available for patients in hospital beds or inmates in prison beds.

    She said Cuomo's call for 8,000 more bedspaces in New York prisons would cost the state $30,000 per prisoner per year.

    1990 April 7, Jennie McKnight, “Suit Filed Against N.Y. Governor and Prison Officials”, in Gay Community News, page 12
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    For example, the Patient's Charter requires nurses to respect the privacy, dignity and confidentiality of patients, yet planners still design bedspace divided by flimsy curtains, in multi-million pound projects.

    2013, Michael Bowman, The Professional Nurse: Coping with Change, Now and the Future
  2. PhilippinescountableThe use of a bed in a private home, often rented out by the month.

Origin

From bed + space.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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