bed- root words — words with the bed- root

The root bed- comes from Old English bedd, meaning bed, layer. 11 words in Dendril are built from it, including embed, embedded, embedding, flowerbed, riverbed, bedroll, airbed, bedchamber, bedlinen, bedpost, interbedded. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the bed- root

Explore words with bed- — words containing the bed- root and sharing its sense of "bed, layer". Examples include embed, embedded, embedding, flowerbed, riverbed, bedroll, airbed, bedchamber, bedlinen, bedpost, interbedded. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The bed- root means bed, layer, from Old English bedd. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.