as in quilt
a decorative cloth used as a top covering for a bed
bought a beautiful new coverlet to match the sheets
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Recent Examples of coverlet
The brown linen coverlet is from Cultiver by Colin King.
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Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 4 Nov. 2024
The Riley Home coverlet solves all of those problems.
—Megan Wahn, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2024
And, believe it or not, the soft material doesn’t make the coverlet overbearingly hot.
—Megan Wahn, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2024
Her trade trick is a queen-size coverlet cut in two with help from a sewing pro.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 7 July 2024
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Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 4 Nov. 2024
The Riley Home coverlet solves all of those problems.
—Megan Wahn, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2024
And, believe it or not, the soft material doesn’t make the coverlet overbearingly hot.
—Megan Wahn, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2024
Her trade trick is a queen-size coverlet cut in two with help from a sewing pro.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 7 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coverlet
Noun
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This book, set in 19th-century New York City, showcases a gentle, low-stakes romance between a bisexual quilt maker and the trans silversmith who hires her to turn his old clothing into a memorial quilt.—
Olivia Waite,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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In other words, this is fascinating stuff – not your grandma’s knitted socks or quilt wall.—
John Metcalfe,
The Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2025
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Select other bath sets, duvets, and organic throw blankets, and bedspreads are also up to 57% off.—
Bailey Berg,
Architectural Digest,
14 Jan. 2025
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Pillows in Pierre Frey fabric, vintage kilim bedspread and sconces.—
Leilani Marie Labong,
Architectural Digest,
25 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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“Coverlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coverlet. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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