Counterpane – definition
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We talk in his room with its single bed, bumpily spread with a candlewick counterpane in a cosy sha…
Counterpane translation into English
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Counterpane: translate from English into French
Couvre-couche, Contre-lit
Counterpane: translate from English into German
Tagesdecke, Überdecke, Bettüberwurf
Counterpane: translate from English into Hindi
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Counterpane: translate from English into Korean
Counterpane: translate from English into Russian
Покрывало, Стеганое покрывало
Counterpane: translate from English into Spanish
Word origin
early 17th century: alteration of counterpoint, from Old French contrepointe, based on medieval Latin culcitra puncta ‘quilted mattress’ ( puncta, literally meaning ‘pricked’, from the verb p
Counterpane – similar words
Usage examples:
We talk in his room with its single bed, bumpily spread with a candlewick counterpane in a cosy sha…
Counterpane synonims
A native or inhabitant of afghanistan, or a person of afghan descent.
Usage examples:
Then they said they would stay back and try to help the afghans effect national reconciliation.
Belonging to or relating to afghanistan or its people
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Ellie had hung a few pictures on the walls, brought a bright new bedcover and the room looked more …
A decorative cloth used to cover a bed when it is not in use.
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Use red or green coloured pillow covers and bedspreads in the bedroom.
A cover put on a bed over the sheets and blankets (= covers to keep you warm)
A large piece of woollen or similar material used as a covering on a bed or elsewhere for warmth.
Usage examples:
I slept on the ground covered by my blanket
Covering all cases or instances; total and inclusive.
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A blanket ban on tobacco advertising
Cover completely with a thick layer of something.
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The countryside was blanketed in snow
A person or thing that provides consolation.
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He is friend, comforter, and guardian
Put something on top of or in front of (something), especially in order to protect or conceal it.
Usage examples:
The table had been covered with a checked tablecloth
A thing which lies on, over, or around something, especially in order to protect or conceal it.
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A seat cover
To put or spread something over something, or to lie on the surface of something
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Once the rice comes to a boil, turn down the flame and cover the pot., she covered the child with a…
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All hospitals have got sheets and coverlets.
A quilt filled with down (originally from the eider) or some other soft material.
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She lay in the middle of the big bed, her slender figure - now thinned by her illness - seeming los…
A rug or blanket of sewn animal skins, formerly worn as a garment by african people, now used as a bed or floor covering.
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Blankets almost completely displaced hides or karosses by the end of the nineteenth century and wer…
A warm bed covering made of padding enclosed between layers of fabric and kept in place by lines of stitching, typically applied in a decorative design.
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Last saturday's airing of the quilts at northampton was a crafty affair, with 250 handmade quilts l…
Join together (layers of fabric or padding) with lines of stitching to form a warm bed covering or garment, or for decorative effect.
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We quilted the covers with parallel lines of stitching
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More than one bloke i've seen joe quilt good and proper
Open out (something) so as to extend its surface area, width, or length.
Usage examples:
I spread a towel on the sand and sat down
The fact or process of spreading over an area.
Usage examples:
Warmer temperatures could help reduce the spread of the disease
Distribute or disperse widely
Propel (something) with force through the air by a movement of the arm and hand.
Usage examples:
I threw a brick through the window
An act of throwing something.
Usage examples:
Holding's throw hit the stumps
To finish a relationship with someone and start one with another person
Usage examples:
Throw someone over for someone she threw him over for a richer man.
