noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A sheet, a piece of cloth cut and finished as bedlinen.

Synonyms

All synonyms

afghanbedclothesbeddingbeddingbedspreadblanket

Example

More examples

"He wrapped himself in the bedsheet and pretended to be a ghost."

Etymology

From Middle English bedeschette, bedshete, bed shete, equivalent to bed + sheet.

Related phrases

bedsheet ballotflat as a bedsheetseal on a bedsheet

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