hospital bed

noun

A type of single bed with a frame in three sections in order to raise the head, middle or foot as required.

“The region is expected to add 800 hospital beds over the next 5 years.”

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Meanings

nounhospital bed (plural hospital beds)

plural hospital beds

  1. A type of single bed with a frame in three sections in order to raise the head, middle or foot as required.

    The family bought a hospital bed from a DME supplier so that their grandmother could continue living at home with her family.

  2. One inpatient bed, as a unit of measure of hospital capacity and utilization thereof.

    The region is expected to add 800 hospital beds over the next 5 years.

Translations

Dutch ziekenhuisbed
  • ziekenhuisbedtype of single bed
German Krankenhausbett, Klinikbett
  • Krankenhausbetttype of single bed
  • Klinikbetttype of single bed
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APA

hospital bed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hospital%20bed

MLA

“hospital bed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hospital%20bed. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hospital bed,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hospital%20bed.

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