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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Featuring knit and crochet items, baby quilts, floral arrangements, jewelry and wooden crafts.Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
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Ivy Meeropol, who’s the granddaughter of Ethel Rosenberg and Julius Rosenberg, made a documentary called Bully Coward Victim, the words written about Cohn on the AIDS quilt.Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025
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This should be in addition to a quilt, coverlet, duvet, or comforter.Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Dec. 2024
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The brown linen coverlet is from Cultiver by Colin King.Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 4 Nov. 2024
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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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“Bedspread.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedspread. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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