Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bedrail

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bedrail
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rail at the head, foot, or side of a bed.

Example Sentences

"As long as surfaces in hospitals are contaminated with drug-resistant bacteria, doctors’ and nurses’ hands become recontaminated seconds after washing and gloving, as soon as they pull open a privacy curtain to see the next patient or touch a bedrail."

Etymology

From bed + rail.

Inflected Forms

bedrails (plural)

Questions

What does bedrail mean?: A rail at the head, foot, or side of a bed.
Where does bedrail come from?: From bed + rail.

How to pronounce bedrail

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