noun
bedsheet
BED-sheet
Bedsheet (noun) means a piece of cloth cut and finished to be used as bed linen. Example: “She pulled the clean bedsheet tight across the mattress.”
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A piece of cloth cut and finished to be used as bed linen.
"She pulled the clean bedsheet tight across the mattress."
"The bedsheets were still warm from the dryer."
"He bought a set of cotton bedsheets in the sale."
How to use bedsheet
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe cloth sheet that goes on a bed.
When to use it
It is an ordinary everyday word, and people often say just sheet or sheets instead.
Memory tip
You can write it as one word or two, so pick one spelling and keep to it.
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Common pairings
clean bedsheets
cotton bedsheet
change the bedsheets
fitted bedsheet
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She pulled the clean _____ tight across the mattress.
Etymology
Bedsheet comes from Middle English forms such as bedeschette and bedshete. It is simply bed joined to sheet.
Rhymes for bedsheet
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What is a bedsheet?
A bedsheet is a sheet of cloth made to be used as bed linen.
Is it bedsheet or bed sheet?
Both spellings are used, and bedsheet, bed sheet and bed-sheet are recorded as forms of the same word. The hyphenated bed-sheet is described as dated.
What is a bottom sheet?
A bottom sheet is a kind of bedsheet, the one that goes underneath the person sleeping.
What is the meaning of bedsheet?
"bedsheet" (noun) means a piece of cloth cut and finished to be used as bed linen.
