bedroll
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈbɛdˌroʊl/
:
saco de dormir
- After setting up camp, we quickly unrolled our bedroll to prepare for the night.
Examples
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You got a bedroll, some oats and a week's rations.
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I gather my bedroll and the small duffel packed with one-night necessities.
Fiction book (2002) -
All you need's a bedroll and a good horse.
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Take a bedroll and move out.
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Take your bedroll with you.
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Then, he lay on his bedroll, found the right position, and closed his eyes.
Fiction book (1994) -
She'll be a guest for a few days, so get your bedroll outside.
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The bar owner let me spread my bedroll on a mat in the compound.
Academic text (2002) -
Daine opened her bedroll and lay down under the trees.
Fiction book (1994) -
As the night went on, more and more grabbed their bedrolls and went down to the riverside.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
373
1.0
A large soft cloth you use on a bed to keep warm
67
1.0
A warm padded bag to sleep in when camping
How Portable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bedroll is made of the simple parts bed ('where you sleep') and roll ('to wrap up'), so picture a little bed you can roll into a bundle. That's why a bedroll is a blanket or sleeping bag rolled up for travel.