duvet

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A cover for a quilt or comforter
A thick, padded quilt used instead of blankets
a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider
A duvet is a large cover filled with feathers or similar material which you put over yourself in bed instead of a sheet and blankets. = quilt. a large cloth bag filled with feathers or similar material that you use to cover yourself in bed American Equivalent: comforter
{i} feather comforter
duvet covers
plural form of duvet cover
duvet day
A day spent at home, ostensibly in bed, and sanctioned by one's employer/school, when one is feeling stressed or fragile

The news server at Demon has decided to have a duvet day today.

a duvet
continental quilt
duvets
plural of duvet
duvet

    Hyphenation

    du·vet

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    [ d(y)u-'vA, 'd(y)ü-" ] (noun.) 1758. From French duvet, from Middle French, from Old French duvet (“down, the feathers of young birds”), alteration of dumet, dumect, from Old French dum, dun (“down, feathers”), of Germanic origin, from Old Norse dúnn (“down, down feather”), from Proto-Germanic *dūnaz (“down”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhūw- (“to smoke, fume, raise dust”). Cognate with Icelandic dúnn (“down”), Danish dun (“down”), German Daune (“down”). More at down.

    Common Collocations

    duvet cover
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