coverlet
/ˈkʌvə(ɹ)lɪt/
coverlet noun: a blanket used as a bed covering, usually quilted.
Noun
coverlet (plural coverlets)
- A blanket used as a bed covering, usually quilted.
- Near-synonyms: bedspread, bedcover, counterpane, quilt
- Year after year unto her feet,
She lying on her couch alone,
Across the purpled coverlet,
The maiden's jet-black hair has grown, […]1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Day-Dream. The Sleeping Palace.”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 152
- Synonyms:
- bedspread, bedcover, counterpane, quilt
coverlet meaning in Malayalam and Kannada
coverlet in Malayalam
- bedspread, bedcover, cover
- വിരിപ്പ്, വിരിപ്പടം, വിരി, ഉത്തരച്ഛദം, മെത്ത, വിസ്തരം
coverlet in Kannada
- ಹಾಸಿಗೆ ಬಟ್ಟೆ
Synonyms of coverlet
Forms of coverlet
| plural | coverlets |
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Origin of coverlet
From Middle English coverlite, from Anglo-Norman cuver-lit, formed on cuvrir (“to cover”) + lit (“bed”). Cognate with Catalan cobrellit.
Questions about coverlet
- What does coverlet mean?
- Coverlet means a blanket used as a bed covering, usually quilted.
- What is coverlet in Malayalam?
- Coverlet in Malayalam is വിരിപ്പ്, വിരിപ്പടം, വിരി. See Coverlet meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is coverlet?
- Coverlet is a noun.
- How do you pronounce coverlet?
- Coverlet is pronounced /ˈkʌvə(ɹ)lɪt/.
- What is the plural of coverlet?
- The plural of coverlet is coverlets.
Words near coverlet in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: coverlet (page history and authors); coverlet (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); coverlet (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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