Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A quilt, usually with a washable cover, that may be used in place of a bedspread and top sheet.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A quilt or comfortable stuffed with swans' down or eider-down.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK, New Zealand A thick, padded
quilt used instead ofblankets . - noun US A cover for a
quilt orcomforter .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Sharing the duvet is a fair price to pay for having someone around to look after, who looks after you, too.
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A thin duvet of the same pattern rested at the foot of the bed and the pillows at the top were in a darker but similar shade of blue.
Update amberfocus 2008
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Still, I've never seen a comforter itself called a duvet or down in English in Russian there is a word пуховик, meaning just that
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Maybe, you know, it’s what we call a duvet ad that covers the whole thing.
In the Times R&D Lab, the future of news is the future of advertising » Nieman Journalism Lab 2009
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It’s in a nice, warm spot, and the duvet is soft and comfortable.
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And then I find myself burrowing under what the English would call a duvet and the Americans would call a comforter.
The English American Alison Larkin 2008
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And then I find myself burrowing under what the English would call a duvet and the Americans would call a comforter.
The English American Alison Larkin 2008
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And then I find myself burrowing under what the English would call a duvet and the Americans would call a comforter.
The English American Alison Larkin 2008
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And then I find myself burrowing under what the English would call a duvet and the Americans would call a comforter.
The English American Alison Larkin 2008
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Fitted sheets, top sheets, pillowcases, and something called a duvet.
Fashionably Late Beth Kendrick 2005
lampbane commented on the word duvet
"And you don't seem to understand
A shame you seemed an honest man
And all the fears you hold so dear
Will turn to whisper in your ear
And you know what they say might hurt you
And you know that it means so much
And you don't even feel a thing"
January 8, 2007
dain commented on the word duvet
Great word and song.
November 28, 2008
phantasee commented on the word duvet
Haha, this reminds me of my friend :)
She calls it duvet, though I've always known it as duna.
She's South African, and I've grown up in Australia.
I suppose, that's the difference.
She also calls rubbish bins, dust bins.
And traffic lights, robots.
The quirks that South African's put into the English language make me giggle, though I love them more each time I hear them.
June 20, 2010
phantasee commented on the word duvet
Never heard of the song though...
June 20, 2010
bilby commented on the word duvet
British.
June 20, 2010