bedding
Other forms: beddings
Use the word bedding when you're talking about sheets, pillowcases, blankets, or any other coverings for a bed. If you switch from a twin to a queen-sized bed, you'll need new bedding.
When a college student moves into a dorm room she brings her own bedding, and when your grandmother gets her guest room ready for a visitor, she might wash all the bedding. Bedding also means the straw, hay, or other materials that a farm animal sleeps on — or the shredded paper you use to line your gerbil's cage. It comes from the Old English word beddinge, "bed covering," from bedd, "bed" or "resting place."
Definitions of bedding
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coverings that are used on a bed
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synonyms:
bed clothing, bedclothes
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types:
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bedroll
bedding rolled up for carrying
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bed cover, bed covering, bedcover, bedspread, counterpane, spread
decorative cover for a bed
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blanket, cover
bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
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mattress cover
bedclothes that provide a cover for a mattress
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comfort, comforter, puff, quilt
bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
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throw
bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something
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afghan
a blanket knitted or crocheted in strips or squares; sometimes used as a shawl
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coverlet
a decorative bedspread (usually quilted)
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continental quilt, duvet, eiderdown
a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider
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electric blanket
a blanket containing and electric heating element that can be controlled to the desired temperature by a rheostat
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Mackinaw blanket, mackinaw
a thick plaid blanket formerly used in the northwestern United States
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manta
a blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl
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patchwork, patchwork quilt
a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together
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quilted bedspread
a bedspread constructed like a thin quilt
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security blanket
a blanket (or toy) that a child carries around in order to reduce anxiety
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type of:
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cloth covering
a covering made of cloth
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material used to provide a bed for animals
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synonyms:
bedding material, litter
Pronunciation
US
/ˈbɛdɪŋ/
UK
/ˈbɛdɪŋ/
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