counterpane

«counterpane» in Mova's school dictionary: a decorated cover laid over a bed, on top of the sheets… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (counterpane, counterpanes)

meaning for a pupil

A counterpane is a decorated cover laid over a bed, on top of the sheets and blankets. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories, the bed-cover of a little bed, often soft, white or coloured.

examples

• The beds were covered with white counterpanes. tree →
• A rose-leaf made a counterpane for the little bed. tree →
• The velvet counterpane was warm and green. tree →

note

nothing for maths; one counterpane covers one bed, so count the beds, not the covers, when a problem asks how many.

Trees and pragmatics

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