as in quilt
a decorative cloth used as a top covering for a bed
a beautiful bedspread that is a reproduction of an 18th-century design
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This is an elegant all-season bedspread that will always be a hit.
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Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024
The Cloud Duvet insert pairs perfectly, providing a fluffy, full look to my bedspread.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2024
Both of the styles have been designed to complement any existing design aesthetic while adding comfort and coziness to any space — whether the blanket is used as a throw over the couch in the living room or doubles as a warming bedspread for fall, and beyond.
—Emma Kershaw, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
There was a bedspread from the crime scene that had been preserved, and Dennis Bowman came up as a possible DNA match.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 12 Sep. 2024
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Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024
The Cloud Duvet insert pairs perfectly, providing a fluffy, full look to my bedspread.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2024
Both of the styles have been designed to complement any existing design aesthetic while adding comfort and coziness to any space — whether the blanket is used as a throw over the couch in the living room or doubles as a warming bedspread for fall, and beyond.
—Emma Kershaw, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
There was a bedspread from the crime scene that had been preserved, and Dennis Bowman came up as a possible DNA match.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 12 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedspread
Noun
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Over the past 60 years, quilts have opposed the Vietnam War and nuclear proliferation and raised awareness for Black Lives Matter and American Indians.—
Lois K. Solomon,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Feb. 2025
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Considerable care has clearly been taken to replicate the quilts, jackets, pots, and so on, that a family of the time might use, and Huo’s casting also draws upon people who weathered the era.—
Nicolas Rapold,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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These coverlets are currently being tested long-term.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
17 Feb. 2025
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Grossman, 62, channeled her emotions into textile and thread, creating a coverlet to express her heartache, agony and anger.—
Lois K. Solomon,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Feb. 2025
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Beneath wall text describing Báthory’s ghoulish crimes and her macabre punishment, bloody mannequins in nightshirts, one with its throat hideously cut, sprawl across a counterpane.—
Sam Lipsyte,
Harper’s Magazine ,
27 Apr. 2022
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The bed was draped in a cranberry-red silk counterpane.—
Jon Meacham,
House Beautiful,
1 Oct. 2013
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These include an ornate 17th century cabinet decorated with Peruvian silver and five historic barkcloth textiles from various Pacific islands, including a bedcover that once belonged to Hawaiian Queen Ka’ahumanu.—
Carolina A. Miranda,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2023
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Perhaps standing in the doorway of a parent’s bedroom, or sprawled out on the bedroom floor, or even flopped on top of the bedcovers themselves, otherwise sphinxlike teens often share freely what’s on their minds at a time when parents might want to curl up and drift off.—
Lisa Damour,
Anchorage Daily News,
25 Feb. 2023
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