slipcover

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noun

A fitted protective or decorative cover that may be slipped off and on a piece of upholstered furniture, usually made of cloth.

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Meanings

nounslipcover (plural slipcovers)

plural slipcovers

  1. USA fitted protective or decorative cover that may be slipped off and on a piece of upholstered furniture, usually made of cloth.

    He is immobilized by depression, unable to finish painting the walls of his apartment, untie the bundles of books on his floor or take the slipcover and movers' ropes off his couch, even though he has been living there for three months.

    1983 December 31, Kenneth Hale-Wehmann, “The Business of Sex and Affection”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 24, page 8
  2. CanadaUSDust jacket.

Origin

From slip + cover.

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Translations

Bulgarian калъф
  • калъф (kalăf)a fitted protective or decorative cover

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

coverslip
Cite this entry
APA

slipcover. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slipcover

MLA

“slipcover.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slipcover. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slipcover,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slipcover.

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