Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bedlinen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables
bed-li-nen
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The items of cloth used to make up a bed, such as sheets and pillowcases, formerly made of linen but now manufactured in a wide variety of material such as cotton or polyester.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From bed + linen.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does bedlinen mean?
The items of cloth used to make up a bed, such as sheets and pillowcases, formerly made of linen but now manufactured in a wide variety of material such as cotton or polyester.
Where does bedlinen come from?
From bed + linen.

How to pronounce bedlinen

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