fitted sheet

English

Noun

fitted sheet (plural fitted sheets)

1. 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