bedspread

Definition of bedspreadnext
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 This usually means unearthing products from medicine cabinets, organizers, and drawers, and lining them up on the floor or across their bedspread. Grace McCarty, Glamour, 14 Jan. 2026 The benefit of a throw blanket or bedspread is its transitional maximalism. Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 8 Jan. 2026 For more of our favorite IKEA bedspreads for Southern winters, check out our top picks below. Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2025 The walls and bedspread are a calming gray-blue. Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bedspread
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Noun
  • Amazon’s best-selling quilt is reversible, breathable, and designed with a classic diamond pattern that can suit every bedroom’s decor.
    Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The quilt is built for this one.
    Ashley Herd, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • As quality sheets become more colorful and more accessibly priced, people want to show them off, alongside elegant duvets or coverlets.
    Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Layering pieces like a coverlet or cozy blanket with a fluffy poly fiber fill can help create a cloud-like final layer.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • The bed was draped in a cranberry-red silk counterpane.
    Jon Meacham, House Beautiful, 1 Oct. 2013

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“Bedspread.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedspread. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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