BEDHEAD

Etymology 1

Noun

bedhead (countable and uncountable, plural bedheads)

(colloquial) The condition of having unkempt hair, generally as a result of having just woken up from sleep.

Synonym: bed hair

Hyponym: sex hair

Etymology 2

Noun

bedhead (plural bedheads)

(British) A vertical panel or board at the end of a bed where the pillow is placed.

The end of a bed where the pillow is placed, the head of the bed.

Synonyms

• (end of a bed): head of the bed, (archaic) bed's head

Source: Wiktionary



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UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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