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bed·fel·low

bedfellow

 
pronunciation:
bed fe lo
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Word Combinations (noun)
part of speech: noun
definition 1: a person who sleeps in the same bed as another.
My brothers and I were bedfellows as children, and my sisters slept in the same room as well.
definition 2: an associate or ally, esp. a temporary one.
The two nations had been bedfellows during the war, but relations have become strained once again.
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