bedclothes

«bedclothes» in Mova's school dictionary: The covers on a bed: sheets, blankets, a duvet or quilt… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (bedclothes – plural only)

meaning for a pupil

The covers on a bed: sheets, blankets, a duvet or quilt, and pillowcases. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories children hide under the bedclothes with a torch to read, or pull the bedclothes over their heads when scared. In The Wind in the Willows Toad escapes from his bedroom by knotting his bedclothes into a rope and climbing out of the window – but never try this in real life, it is very dangerous.

examples

• She pulled the bedclothes over her head. tree →
• Toad tied his bedclothes together to make a rope. tree →
• The cat was asleep in a heap of bedclothes. tree →
• Mum changes the bedclothes every week. tree →
• The bedclothes were all tangled after the nightmare. tree →
• Never climb out of a window on bedclothes – it's dangerous. tree →
• They talked about it all, while the little Rabbit lay under the bedclothes, with just his head peeping out, and listened. tree →

note

Plural only: «the bedclothes are» (no «a bedclothe»). Today people often say «bedding» or «bed linen».

In the corpora

• His toes are freezing, and he dreams that his bedclothes have run downstairs to the kitchen fire to get warm.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bedclothes» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.