variants also bedcovering
as in bedspread
a decorative cloth used as a top covering for a bed antique bedcovers that should be handled with extreme care

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Recent Examples of bedcover 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 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 Cooperative Djiguiyaso employs more than 100 women to create pieces (cushions, dresses, shirts, bedcovers) that merge bogolan with traditional tie-dye techniques. Deborah Needleman, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2023 The custom wall paneling in the primary bedroom is oak, the pendant is by Gubi, and the bedcover is by Matteo. Tessa Watson, ELLE Decor, 22 Mar. 2023 The latter is achieved through the brass in the pendant by Apparatus, the rosy bedcover from Zak + Fox, and plenty of natural light. Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor, 6 Dec. 2022 Sometimes a good bedcover can completely make a space. Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor, 6 Dec. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedcover
Noun
  • The officers begin to remove the bedspread and pull her up.
    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
Noun
  • Honestly, the coverlets deserve a three-bedroom house, one color in each room.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Mar. 2025
  • In the primary bedroom, a custom bed upholstered in Michael Smith fabric is dressed in a Hollywood at Home coverlet, while vintage floral sconces frame the headboard.
    Kristen Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 31 Mar. 2025
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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“Bedcover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedcover. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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