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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counterpane/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counterpane/#x1)
- A rose-leaf made a counterpane for the little bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counterpane/#x2)
- The velvet counterpane was warm and green. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counterpane/#x3)

### 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/counterpane/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.