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bedlinen

bedlinen noun: the items of cloth used to make up a bed, such as sheets and pillowcases, formerly made of linen but now manufactured in a wide variety of material such as cotton or polyester.

Noun

bedlinen (countable and uncountable, plural bedlinens)

  1. The items of cloth used to make up a bed, such as sheets and pillowcases, formerly made of linen but now manufactured in a wide variety of material such as cotton or polyester.

Forms of bedlinen

pluralbedlinens
alternative formbed linen

Origin of bedlinen

From bed + linen.

Questions about bedlinen

What does bedlinen mean?
Bedlinen means the items of cloth used to make up a bed, such as sheets and pillowcases, formerly made of linen but now manufactured in a wide variety of material such as cotton or polyester.
What part of speech is bedlinen?
Bedlinen is a noun.
What is the plural of bedlinen?
The plural of bedlinen is bedlinens.

Words near bedlinen in the dictionary

  1. bedless
  2. bedlessness
  3. bedlight
  4. bedlights
  5. bedlike
  6. bedlinen
  7. bedlinens
  8. bedliner
  9. bedliners
  10. Bedlington
  11. Bedlington Station

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