interbed

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verb

To interleave between other beds or strata having different characteristics

OriginEnglish bed ← Middle English bed ← Old English bedd →
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Meanings

verbinterbed (third-person singular simple present interbeds, present participle interbedding, simple past and past participle interbedded)

present singular third person interbeds · participle present interbedding · participle past interbedded · past interbedded

  1. geographyTo interleave between other beds or strata having different characteristics

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Proto-Germanic*badją
  8. Proto-West Germanic*badi
  9. Old Englishbedd
  10. Middle Englishbed
  11. Englishbed
  12. Englishinterbed

From inter- + bed.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

bedirten
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APA

interbed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interbed

MLA

“interbed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interbed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interbed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interbed.

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