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 officers begin to remove the bedspread and pull her up.
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Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025
Stay Here: Opening its lavish doors in 1887, Hotel Splendide Royale calls to mind the gilded age of travel with its glamorous details, like dense drapery in the guest rooms and wallpaper that coordinates with the bedspreads.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
Select other bath sets, duvets, and organic throw blankets, and bedspreads are also up to 57% off.
—Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 9 Mar. 2025
More than 12,000 reviewers have awarded the bedspread a perfect rating.
—Toni Sutton, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
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Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025
Stay Here: Opening its lavish doors in 1887, Hotel Splendide Royale calls to mind the gilded age of travel with its glamorous details, like dense drapery in the guest rooms and wallpaper that coordinates with the bedspreads.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
Select other bath sets, duvets, and organic throw blankets, and bedspreads are also up to 57% off.
—Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 9 Mar. 2025
More than 12,000 reviewers have awarded the bedspread a perfect rating.
—Toni Sutton, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedspread
Noun
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From breezy comforters to quilts, Parachute Home has an extensive line of all-natural essentials that have established their reputation as an authority in organic bedding and a favorite brand of ours.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
8 May 2025
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American women have long used quilts to send messages to lawmakers, from abolitionists and suffragettes to the AIDS Memorial quilt.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
7 May 2025
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Something about that coverlet must have felt important to her about her character.—
Eugenie Dalland,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2025
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The coverlet and matching shams create a clean and cohesive look, while the scalloped edge gives the design a decorative finish.—
Megan Schaltegger,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 Apr. 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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“Bedspread.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedspread. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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