"box bed" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: box beds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} box bed (plural box beds)
  1. Alternative form of box-bed Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: box-bed
    Sense id: en-box_bed-en-noun-pTthiP-l
  2. The floor of a boxcar.
    Sense id: en-box_bed-en-noun-s4z9SnRJ
  3. A garden with a box-like frame around it; a raised bed.
    Sense id: en-box_bed-en-noun-JCR-wt0~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 9 86

Inflected forms

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