"bed of nails" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: beds of nails [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|beds of nails}} bed of nails (plural beds of nails)
  1. A piece of wood with nails pointing out of it, on which a performer lies as a circus trick. Categories (topical): Circus Related terms: nailbed Translations (a piece of wood with nails pointing out of it, on which a performer lies as a circus trick): szöges ágy (Hungarian), fakírágy (Hungarian), spikmatta [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-bed_of_nails-en-noun-9nn5BCPk Disambiguation of Circus: 69 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'a piece of wood with nails pointing out of it, on which a performer lies as a circus trick': 94 6
  2. (electronics) A device for testing a chip, consisting of an array of spring-loaded pins. Categories (topical): Electronics
    Sense id: en-bed_of_nails-en-noun-kEF2rstD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 39 61 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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