Bedpost

/bˈɛdpə‍ʊst/

/bˈɛdpoʊst/

Bedpost

a vertical support, typically made of wood or metal, that is attached to each corner of a bed frame and extends upwards, often with decorative features, to hold up the bed's canopy or curtains

Examples

1. There are bedposts here.

2. Later, the horror author, Ambrose Bierce, wrote the same word into his bedpost before vanishing in Mexico in 1913.

3. -Yes, they're not the bedpost.

4. the bedpost is a separate entity and the notch is you.

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