FLOWER BED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flower bed mean? 

• FLOWER BED (noun)
  The noun FLOWER BED has 1 sense:

1. a bed in which flowers are growing

  Familiarity information: FLOWER BED used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLOWER BED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bed in which flowers are growing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bed of flowers; flower bed; flowerbed

Hypernyms ("flower bed" is a kind of...):

bed (a plot of ground in which plants are growing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flower bed"):

bed of roses; rose bed (a flower bed in which roses are growing)

tulip bed (a flowerbed in which tulips are growing)

 Context examples 

Run fast, said the Scarecrow to the Lion, and get out of this deadly flower bed as soon as you can.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)