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бельё — meaning in English

belyo

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English meaning

  • bedding noun The sheets, blankets, pillowcases, and other soft coverings used on a bed.
  • laundry noun Clothes and linens that need washing, are being washed, or have just been washed.
  • linen noun A strong, cool fabric woven from flax fibers.
  • underwear noun Clothing worn directly against the skin, beneath outer clothes.
  • wash verb To clean something using water, usually with soap.
  • washing noun The act of cleaning something with water.

Senses

бельё is used for these senses in English:

  • laundry That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered. [from c. 1930]
  • linen (uncountable) Thread or cloth made from flax fiber.
  • underwear Clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.
  • wash A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.
  • washing (uncountable, chiefly, British, NZ, Australia) Clothing, bedlinen or soft furnishings that have been, are currently being, or are to be washed; laundry.

bedding — full definition

  1. noun The sheets, blankets, pillowcases, and other soft coverings used on a bed.
  2. noun Material such as straw or shavings put down for an animal to lie on.

laundry — full definition

  1. noun Clothes and linens that need washing, are being washed, or have just been washed.
  2. noun A place or business where clothes are washed.

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