bedstone

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US/ˈbɛd.stoʊn/UK/ˈbɛd.stəʊn/

noun

A large, heavy, flat stone used to support a column or similar member, or as the lower stone of an oil mill.

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Meanings

nounbedstone (plural bedstones)

plural bedstones

  1. A large, heavy, flat stone used to support a column or similar member, or as the lower stone of an oil mill.

    After demolition the girders for half the new structure were erected on bedstones already built on the abutments behind the springings of the old arch.

    1941 February, “Bridge demolition by lifting”, in Railway Magazine, pages 74–75

Origin

From bed + stone.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with bedstone

redstone
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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