fitted sheet

English

Noun

fitted sheet (plural fitted sheets)

A sheet tailored to form pocket for a mattress with elastic edges that is suitable for a range of mattress sizes. The edge may also contain a drawstring to secure the sheet more firmly and enable use on a wider range of mattress thicknesses.

Antonyms

flat sheet

  1.A flat sheet of material that can be used as a covering on top of your body to cover yourself while you sleep in hotels and during the summer to cover the mattress base.

Related terms

bottom sheet

Translations

sheet with elastic edges

Chinese:
Mandarin: 床墊套／床垫套 (chuángdiàntào), 床墊罩／床垫罩 (chuángdiànzhào)
Dutch: hoeslaken (nl)
Finnish: muotoiltu aluslakana
French: drap-housse (fr) m
German: Spannbettlaken n, Spannbetttuch (de) n
Icelandic: teygjulak n
Polish: prześcieradło z gumką n
Spanish: sábana ajustable f

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