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
Smooth out any wrinkles on the bedspread, fluff the pillows, and clear off the nightstands of any items that may have accumulated the night before.
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Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024
The Cloud Duvet insert pairs perfectly, providing a fluffy, full look to my bedspread.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2024
More than 12,000 reviewers have awarded the bedspread a perfect rating.
—Toni Sutton, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Consider painting your kitchen cabinets in sage green paint or swapping out your neutral bedspread for a calming sage duvet.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Feb. 2025
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Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024
The Cloud Duvet insert pairs perfectly, providing a fluffy, full look to my bedspread.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2024
More than 12,000 reviewers have awarded the bedspread a perfect rating.
—Toni Sutton, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Consider painting your kitchen cabinets in sage green paint or swapping out your neutral bedspread for a calming sage duvet.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedspread
Noun
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An employee walks past a quilt displaying Etsy Inc. signage at the company’s headquarters in the Brooklyn.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
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Bedding Deals Swap heavy bedding for lightweight, cooling quilts, sheets, and gel fiber bed pillows to avoid overheating at night.—
Ali Faccenda,
People.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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For this reason, lightweight bedding is a must, and many of us are changing out warmer down comforters and duvets for lighter bedding options such as coverlets or quilts ahead of the warmer months to come.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2025
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Honestly, the coverlets deserve a three-bedroom house, one color in each room.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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 24 Apr. 2025.
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