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bedclothes

/ˈbɛd.kləʊðz/

bedclothes noun: sheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed.

Noun

bedclothes pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Sheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed.
    • She pulled the bedclothes over her neck to stay warm.
    • When she was little and I went to see her in bed, I often thought she wasn't there. She lay so neatly and so straight, without a ruckle and with her head just under the top of the bedclothes.2013, Candida Lycett Green, Over The Hills And Far Away, →ISBN
  2. (plural, plural-only) Clothing worn to bed.
    • Tom put his bedclothes on and went to sleep.

bedclothes meaning in Malayalam, Gujarati and Arabic

bedclothes in Malayalam

sheets and blankets, bedding, bed linen
വിരിപ്പ്, വിരിപ്പുകൾ, വിരിപ്പടം, കിടക്കവിരി, കിടക്കവിരിപ്പ്, ശയ്യോപകരണങ്ങൾ

bedclothes in Gujarati

sheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
પાગરણ pāgraṇ, બિસ્તરો bistaro, પથારી pathārī

bedclothes in Arabic

sheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed
أَغْطِيَةُ السَّرِير ʔaḡṭiyatu s-sarīr

Synonyms of bedclothes

All synonyms of bedclothes

Forms of bedclothes

alternative formbed-clothes

Origin of bedclothes

From Middle English bedclothys, plural of Middle English bedcloth, bedclothe, bedde clothe (“bed-cloth, bedding”), from Old English bedclāþ, beddclāþ (“coverlet, blanket, bedding, bedclothes”), equivalent to bed + clothes.

Questions about bedclothes

What does bedclothes mean?
Bedclothes means sheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed.
What is bedclothes in Malayalam?
Bedclothes in Malayalam is വിരിപ്പ്, വിരിപ്പുകൾ, വിരിപ്പടം. See Bedclothes meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is bedclothes?
Bedclothes is a noun.
How do you pronounce bedclothes?
Bedclothes is pronounced /ˈbɛd.kləʊðz/.

Words near bedclothes in the dictionary

  1. bedchair
  2. bedchairs
  3. bedchamber
  4. bedchambers
  5. bedclothed
  6. bedclothes
  7. bedclothing
  8. bedcord
  9. bedcords
  10. bedcover
  11. bedcovering

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bedclothes (page history and authors); bedclothes (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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