Home › Words › B › bedrailbedrailbedrail means A rail at the head, foot, or side of a bed.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, bedrail ranks #35,565 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom bed + rail.nounA rail at the head, foot, or side of a bed.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bedboard 74% match — The headboard or footboard of a bed. vs bedrail →bedfast 73% match — Unable to leave one's bed, especially because of illness, weakness or obesity. vs bedrail →footboard 69% match — An upright board across the foot of a bedstead. vs bedrail →railbed 68% match — The substructure of a railway, underlying the tracks; the roadbed of a railroad. vs bedrail →railinged 65% match — Having railings. vs bedrail →breastrail 65% match — The upper rail of a parapet of ordinary height, such as of a balcony, the railing of a boat, etc. vs bedrail →bedrel 65% match — A bedridden person; a helpless cripple. vs bedrail →toprail 65% match — An upper rail, such as a guardrail in scaffolding. vs bedrail →