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counterpane

/ˈkaʊntəˌpeɪn/US/ˈkaʊntərˌpeɪn/

counterpane noun: the topmost covering of a bed, often functioning as a blanket.

Noun

counterpane (plural counterpanes)

  1. The topmost covering of a bed, often functioning as a blanket.
    • Near-synonyms: bedcover, bedspread, coverlet, quilt
    • Upon waking next morning about daylight, I found Queequeg's arm thrown over me in the most loving and affectionate manner. You had almost thought I had been his wife. The counterpane was of patchwork, full of odd little parti-colored squares and triangles; and this arm of his tattooed all over with...1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The counterpane”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

counterpane meaning in Urdu and Malayalam

counterpane in Urdu

چادر, روپوش

counterpane in Malayalam

bedspread, bedcover, coverlet
വിരിപ്പ്, കിടക്കവിരി, വിരി, വിരിപ്പടം, കിടക്കവിരിപ്പ്, കംബളവിരിപ്പ്

Examples of counterpane in a sentence

  • Throwing aside the counterpane, there lay the tomahawk sleeping by the savage's side, as if it were a hatchet-faced baby.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The counterpane”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers...
  • [...] the Westminster City Council has arranged with a large firm of launderers to wash blankets, sheets, pillow cases, and counterpanes, at low standard prices, and to return them the same day.1941 September, Charles E. Lee, “Sheltering in London Tube Stations”, in Railway Magazine, page 389:

Synonyms of counterpane

Forms of counterpane

pluralcounterpanes

Origin of counterpane

By serial alterations in Middle English, Middle French, and Old French, ultimately from Latin words meaning "stitched bedding" (culcita puncta).

Words formed from counterpane

Questions about counterpane

What does counterpane mean?
Counterpane means the topmost covering of a bed, often functioning as a blanket.
What is counterpane in Urdu?
Counterpane in Urdu is چادر, روپوش. See Counterpane meaning in Urdu.
How do you use counterpane in a sentence?
Throwing aside the counterpane, there lay the tomahawk sleeping by the savage's side, as if it were a hatchet-faced baby.
What part of speech is counterpane?
Counterpane is a noun.
How do you pronounce counterpane?
Counterpane is pronounced /ˈkaʊntəˌpeɪn/ (UK).
What is the plural of counterpane?
The plural of counterpane is counterpanes.

Words near counterpane in the dictionary

  1. counterorganization
  2. counterorganizations
  3. counterorthodox
  4. counterorthodoxies
  5. counterorthodoxy
  6. counterpane
  7. counterpaned
  8. counterpanes
  9. counterparadox
  10. counterparadoxes
  11. counterparadoxical

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: counterpane (page history and authors); counterpane (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); counterpane (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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