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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Recent Examples of bedspread
The Cloud Duvet insert pairs perfectly, providing a fluffy, full look to my bedspread.
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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
Love's Cabin Queen Quilt Set The popular bedspread has racked up more than 9,000 perfect ratings.
—Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2024
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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
Love's Cabin Queen Quilt Set The popular bedspread has racked up more than 9,000 perfect ratings.
—Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedspread
Noun
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The movie is constructed like a visual scrap quilt made in a meticulous and orderly fashion, sometimes focusing on Elwood's life in the '60s and other times flashing forward to the near-present day.Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024
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Featuring knit and crochet items, baby quilts, floral arrangements, jewelry and wooden crafts.Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 11 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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The Riley Home coverlet solves all of those problems.Megan Wahn, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 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 21 Dec. 2024.
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