bedspread
an outer covering, usually decorative, for a bed.
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How to use bedspread in a sentence
Those who do not comply have their bedspreads removed and thrown into the hallway outside the pod.
When we asked about other bedding, the host said she had replaced a few pillows a year ago and she wasn’t sure when the bedspreads had last seen the inside of a washing machine.
Renting a vacation home for the first time? Don’t take anything for granted. | Candyce H. Stapen | April 22, 2021 | Washington PostWe’ll toss pillows into the car’s back seat, and we don’t need bedspreads at a beach rental.
Renting a vacation home for the first time? Don’t take anything for granted. | Candyce H. Stapen | April 22, 2021 | Washington PostYet blankets, bedspreads and pillows were not listed either, and these did come with the rental.
Renting a vacation home for the first time? Don’t take anything for granted. | Candyce H. Stapen | April 22, 2021 | Washington PostMindi began preparing for Q.A.H. to return, setting up a bedroom with a pink bedspread.
A pattern that would be beautiful on a bedspread fabric, but here tells a story of loss so heartbreaking we can barely look.
Now Galt scrambled out of the bathtub and threw the still-warm Gamemaster and his other belongings into the bedspread.
The valet had preceded him, opening his valise and smoothing out his evening clothes on the lace bedspread.
Murder in Any Degree | Owen JohnsonMargaret and Jessie appeared on the porch dragging a great bundle of their belongings tied up in a bedspread.
Molly Brown's Sophomore Days | Nell SpeedEunice was knotting fringe for a bedspread, and it interested the child wonderfully.
A Little Girl in Old Salem | Amanda Minnie DouglasPean brought with him a cotton bedspread that had also once been white, but left this with the canoe.
Cruisings in the Cascades | George O. ShieldsThe bedspread is worked in small diamonds, which are joined together by over-sewing.
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British Dictionary definitions for bedspread
/ (ˈbɛdˌsprɛd) /
a top cover on a bed over other bedclothes
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