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slipcover

slipcover noun: a fitted protective or decorative cover that may be slipped off and on a piece of upholstered furniture, usually made of cloth.

Noun

slipcover (plural slipcovers)

  1. (US) A fitted protective or decorative cover that may be slipped off and on a piece of upholstered furniture, usually made of cloth.
    • He is immobilized by depression, unable to finish painting the walls of his apartment, untie the bundles of books on his floor or take the slipcover and movers' ropes off his couch, even though he has been living there for three months.1983 December 31, Kenneth Hale-Wehmann, “The Business of Sex and Affection”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 24, page 8
  2. (Canada, US) Dust jacket.

slipcover meaning in Tamil

slipcover in Tamil

வரித்துணி உறை, சேமக் காப்புறை, சேமக்காப்புறை

Forms of slipcover

pluralslipcovers

Origin of slipcover

From slip + cover.

Questions about slipcover

What does slipcover mean?
Slipcover means a fitted protective or decorative cover that may be slipped off and on a piece of upholstered furniture, usually made of cloth.
What is slipcover in Tamil?
Slipcover in Tamil is வரித்துணி உறை, சேமக் காப்புறை, சேமக்காப்புறை. See Slipcover meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is slipcover?
Slipcover is a noun.
What is the plural of slipcover?
The plural of slipcover is slipcovers.

Words near slipcover in the dictionary

  1. slipcasing
  2. slipcasings
  3. slipcasting
  4. slipcastings
  5. slipcoat
  6. slipcover
  7. slipcovered
  8. slipcovers
  9. slipdress
  10. slipdresses
  11. slipe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slipcover (page history and authors); slipcover (Tamil 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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