Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A usually decorative covering for a bed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The uppermost quilt or covering of a bed, generally ornamental.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun United States A bedquilt; a counterpane; a coverlet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The topmost covering of a bed, often functioning as a
blanket . - noun A
coverlet . - noun A
counterpane .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun decorative cover for a bed
Etymologies
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Examples
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Crucifixes and lots of fancy ornate furniture and a gold satin bedspread****.
Archive 2008-04-01 lili 2008
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Crucifixes and lots of fancy ornate furniture and a gold satin bedspread****.
Adelaide: City of Horror lili 2008
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After the sun has set i pull myself off the bed, which is rather soft but lumpy with a thin bedspread that is well worn, but clean and freshly straightened for me each morning. the whole hotel is like this, worn but clean and kept.
1st Trip part two 2001
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After the sun has set i pull myself off the bed, which is rather soft but lumpy with a thin bedspread that is well worn, but clean and freshly straightened for me each morning. the whole hotel is like this, worn but clean and kept.
1st Trip part two 2001
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After the sun has set i pull myself off the bed, which is rather soft but lumpy with a thin bedspread that is well worn, but clean and freshly straightened for me each morning. the whole hotel is like this, worn but clean and kept.
1st Trip part two 2001
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Above the ornate bed and the gold satin bedspread, there’s a light-up picture of Jesus looking miserable.
Adelaide: City of Horror lili 2008
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Above the ornate bed and the gold satin bedspread, there’s a light-up picture of Jesus looking miserable.
Archive 2008-04-01 lili 2008
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Diana spun her dansette a final time, pressing her legs into the quilted satin bedspread.
Ballardian » Ballardian/Savoy Microfiction competition winners 2010
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Nonetheless, the bedspread was the one I'd picked out when I was 8 years old, and the furniture emanated from that era as well.
Marilyn M. Machlowitz: Eighty Percent of Life is Showing Up 2008
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The bedspread was the same beautiful blue, embroidered with shining silver stars.
The Secret of Killimooin Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1943
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