bed linen

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   linen or cotton articles for a bed (as sheets and pillowcases)

   Broaderlinen

   Narrowercasepillow shamsheet

Questions about bed linen

What does bed linen mean?

bed linen means "linen or cotton articles for a bed (as sheets and pillowcases)".

Is bed linen a common word?

bed linen is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.