Can you call a vegetable plot “a vegetable bed”?
Can you call a vegetable plot "a vegetable bed"? Or is this usage uncommon?
For example a bed of flowers is called a flowerbed.
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Can you call a vegetable plot "a vegetable bed"? Or is this usage uncommon?
For example a bed of flowers is called a flowerbed.
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Ngram shows both as in use, with "plot" used somewhat more frequently.
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Can you call a vegetable plot "a vegetable bed"? Or is this usage uncommon?
For example a bed of flowers is called a flowerbed.
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Can you call a vegetable plot "a vegetable bed"? Or is this usage uncommon?
For example a bed of flowers is called a flowerbed.
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Ngram shows both as in use, with "plot" used somewhat more frequently.
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Ngram shows both as in use, with "plot" used somewhat more frequently.
– Cascabel
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Ngram shows both as in use, with "plot" used somewhat more frequently.
– Cascabel
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Ngram shows both as in use, with "plot" used somewhat more frequently.
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Yes, you can, at least in UK usage. The Royal Horticultural Society refer to "vegetable beds" in their campaign for school gardening, for example.
They're not completely synonymous as you'll see from this description of my own garden: I have several veg beds, one strawberry bed, and two herb beds. They're island beds separated by paths and together make up the vegetable plot. The examples I've linked (along with the more common "raised bed") demonstrate that phrases of this form are quite flexible
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Can you call a vegetable plot "a vegetable bed"? Or is this usage
uncommon?
Yes, and this is not uncommon.
bed Merriam-Webster
: a flat or level surface: such as a : a plot of ground prepared for
plants also : the plants grown in such a plot
as in:
- “The gardener planted a bed of roses”
- “The gardener planted a bed of flowers”
- “The gardener planted a bed of vegetables”
- "The gardener planted a bed of vegetables and ornamental flowers”
These are all correct, as bed means a plot of ground in which plants are growing.
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Yes, you can, at least in UK usage. The Royal Horticultural Society refer to "vegetable beds" in their campaign for school gardening, for example.
They're not completely synonymous as you'll see from this description of my own garden: I have several veg beds, one strawberry bed, and two herb beds. They're island beds separated by paths and together make up the vegetable plot. The examples I've linked (along with the more common "raised bed") demonstrate that phrases of this form are quite flexible
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Yes, you can, at least in UK usage. The Royal Horticultural Society refer to "vegetable beds" in their campaign for school gardening, for example.
They're not completely synonymous as you'll see from this description of my own garden: I have several veg beds, one strawberry bed, and two herb beds. They're island beds separated by paths and together make up the vegetable plot. The examples I've linked (along with the more common "raised bed") demonstrate that phrases of this form are quite flexible
answered 1 hour ago
Chris HChris H
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Yes, you can, at least in UK usage. The Royal Horticultural Society refer to "vegetable beds" in their campaign for school gardening, for example.
They're not completely synonymous as you'll see from this description of my own garden: I have several veg beds, one strawberry bed, and two herb beds. They're island beds separated by paths and together make up the vegetable plot. The examples I've linked (along with the more common "raised bed") demonstrate that phrases of this form are quite flexible
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Yes, you can, at least in UK usage. The Royal Horticultural Society refer to "vegetable beds" in their campaign for school gardening, for example.
They're not completely synonymous as you'll see from this description of my own garden: I have several veg beds, one strawberry bed, and two herb beds. They're island beds separated by paths and together make up the vegetable plot. The examples I've linked (along with the more common "raised bed") demonstrate that phrases of this form are quite flexible
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Can you call a vegetable plot "a vegetable bed"? Or is this usage
uncommon?
Yes, and this is not uncommon.
bed Merriam-Webster
: a flat or level surface: such as a : a plot of ground prepared for
plants also : the plants grown in such a plot
as in:
- “The gardener planted a bed of roses”
- “The gardener planted a bed of flowers”
- “The gardener planted a bed of vegetables”
- "The gardener planted a bed of vegetables and ornamental flowers”
These are all correct, as bed means a plot of ground in which plants are growing.
answered 1 hour ago
lbflbf
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Do you have any examples of 'vegetable bed'
– Mitch
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Can you call a vegetable plot "a vegetable bed"? Or is this usage
uncommon?
Yes, and this is not uncommon.
bed Merriam-Webster
: a flat or level surface: such as a : a plot of ground prepared for
plants also : the plants grown in such a plot
as in:
- “The gardener planted a bed of roses”
- “The gardener planted a bed of flowers”
- “The gardener planted a bed of vegetables”
- "The gardener planted a bed of vegetables and ornamental flowers”
These are all correct, as bed means a plot of ground in which plants are growing.
answered 1 hour ago
lbflbf
19.2k22268
1
Do you have any examples of 'vegetable bed'
– Mitch
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Can you call a vegetable plot "a vegetable bed"? Or is this usage
uncommon?
Yes, and this is not uncommon.
bed Merriam-Webster
: a flat or level surface: such as a : a plot of ground prepared for
plants also : the plants grown in such a plot
as in:
- “The gardener planted a bed of roses”
- “The gardener planted a bed of flowers”
- “The gardener planted a bed of vegetables”
- "The gardener planted a bed of vegetables and ornamental flowers”
These are all correct, as bed means a plot of ground in which plants are growing.
answered 1 hour ago
lbflbf
19.2k22268
Can you call a vegetable plot "a vegetable bed"? Or is this usage
uncommon?
Yes, and this is not uncommon.
bed Merriam-Webster
: a flat or level surface: such as a : a plot of ground prepared for
plants also : the plants grown in such a plot
as in:
- “The gardener planted a bed of roses”
- “The gardener planted a bed of flowers”
- “The gardener planted a bed of vegetables”
- "The gardener planted a bed of vegetables and ornamental flowers”
These are all correct, as bed means a plot of ground in which plants are growing.
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Ngram shows both as in use, with "plot" used somewhat more frequently.
– Cascabel
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