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Definition of "bedspread" [bed•spread]

  • A usually decorative covering for a bed. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "bedspread" in a sentence
  • "Crucifixes and lots of fancy ornate furniture and a gold satin bedspread****."
  • "After the sun has set i pull myself off the bed, which is rather soft but lumpy with a thin bedspread that is well worn, but clean and freshly straightened for me each morning. the whole hotel is like this, worn but clean and kept."
  • "Above the ornate bed and the gold satin bedspread, there’s a light-up picture of Jesus looking miserable."