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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Keep scrolling for our favorite duvet covers, quilts, and coverlets that will keep you comfortable and complement your bedroom’s design.
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Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 23 Sep. 2025
Cool undertones in these pale green walls complement the wintry hues in the shiny metal bed and indigo floral coverlet.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2025
Plus, accessories like memory foam toppers, breathable coverlets, and supportive pillows are also discounted.
—Shea Simmons, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
In her bedroom, a coverlet that Weiss assembled from vintage quilts adorns the bed.
—Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2025
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Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 23 Sep. 2025
Cool undertones in these pale green walls complement the wintry hues in the shiny metal bed and indigo floral coverlet.
—Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2025
Plus, accessories like memory foam toppers, breathable coverlets, and supportive pillows are also discounted.
—Shea Simmons, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
In her bedroom, a coverlet that Weiss assembled from vintage quilts adorns the bed.
—Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coverlet
Noun
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Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi rolled out like an old quilt beneath us, all pattern and shape and no detail.—
Ann Patchett,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Inevitably, someone ended up swinging a quilt around to mimic the great snake’s darting heads and churning coils.—
Seamus Sullivan
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The price point is steep, especially knowing that there aren’t easier care instructions or colors to choose from for those who like an eclectic bedspread.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
26 Sep. 2025
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Hot water wash and heat-dry bed sheets, blankets, bedspreads and any clothing that touches the floor.—
Katie Nixon,
Nashville Tennessean,
23 Sep. 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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“Coverlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coverlet. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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