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Bedspread
Definition:
(n.) A bedquilt; a counterpane; a coverlet.
Example Sentences:
(1) The rooms are simple, with stone floors, heavy local wood furniture and colourful bedspreads, but they do have aircon and TV.
(2) And when Cameron goes home to sleep in Number 10, and President Xi tucks himself under the silken bedspread of the Belgian Suite, one can only hope that, for a moment at least, they might be painfully aware that just a mile or so away, in an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Art, a replica of a Chinese political prisoner is lying in a mock-up prison cell for all the world to see.
(3) The website shows the rooms are dingy and tasteless: turquoise carpets, small windows, chintz bedspreads.
(4) Photos of the boiler room, operating theatre and sluice room spoke of my great-grandfather's practicality and attention to detail; the beautiful Indian flowered bedspreads and carved wooden furniture spoke of my great-grandmother's flamboyant taste.
(5) In comparison with the 0.5 percent silver nitrate solution used so far, dermazin has the following advantages penetrates better in the wound; more convenient form for local application; better tolerated by patients; does not stain skin and bedspread; causes no electrolyte disturbances; has strong bactericidal effect against most common gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.
(6) And then there are the non-gaming products: 130 companies are creating Skylanders clothing, bedspreads, stickers, lunch boxes, lampshades, soft toys, books and posters.
(7) Most of the rooms have 1950s furniture, chenille bedspreads, art deco touches and old-fashioned telephones.
(8) Yes, it's all getting a bit grim with ailing Hayley, the dingy bedspreads, and her (rather overplayed) yen for strawberries, but nobody said terminal illness was rib-tickling.
(9) They were angry at the "financial gap" that had opened up on their mountain, and at rolling out bedspreads and making tea for clients who hadn't even bothered to learn their names.
(10) His fans won't know whether to don their celebratory black T-shirts or weep into their consolatory black bedspreads.
(11) Her blood was flecked across a floral bedspread and smeared the sofa on to which she collapsed.
(12) There are brightly coloured rocking chairs in the rooms, gingham curtains, denim bedspreads and if you're in the mood for love there's a "No-Tell Room" where you'll find mirrors on the ceiling and a fully stocked bar, as well as a mural of a wheat field to inspire a roll around in the hay.
(13) Doubles from $164 Highland Gardens Hotel Highland Gardens Hotel, LA The monochrome lobby, flooded with natural light and decorated with pristine white sofas, might as well be a different hotel from the old-fashioned guest rooms with their somewhat shiny bedspreads and patterned curtains, but it's still a reasonably priced and convenient place to stay in Los Angeles.
(14) The police wanted a discreet refuge to await reinforcements so the world’s most notorious drug lord found himself handcuffed by a beige satin bedspread in room 51 of the Doux motel.
(15) Don’t expect a contemporary look – carpeted accommodation has dark, oversized wooden furniture and retro bedspreads – but comfort comes in spades for the price.
(16) Two bedrooms and two suites are reserved for guests, all of them enormous and with canopied beds, heavy patterned bedspreads, matching wallpaper, frilly lampshades and chandeliers.
(17) The children's bedrooms feature retro movie posters and plain mauve bedspreads, and the grinning, tousle-haired kids are pictured playing with bespoke wooden train sets that their fathers have carved out of an oak branch taken from the back garden.
(18) The landscape looks as if someone shook out a bedspread but forgot the final smoothing motion, leaving a few gentle furrows and mounds.
(19) All are decorated in natural materials – including wicker furniture – and the wine-red bedspreads add a welcoming touch.