noun
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a thing for sleeping or resting on; a piece of furniture consisting usu. of a bedstead, bedspring, mattress, and bedding; a bed.
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a room with a bed, for sleeping in; a bed-room.
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a corridor projecting forward, usu. almost open on three sides on the floor or floors above the ground floor.
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a rigid support from below or side; a prop or buttress.
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a small casket in which the linga (a solid image of Śiva) is kept and hung round the neck with a string or thread.