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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A quilt, usually with a washable cover, that may be used in place of a bedspread and top sheet.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A quilt or comfortable stuffed with swans' down or eider-down.

Wiktionary

  1. n. UK, New Zealand A thick, padded quilt used instead of blankets.
  2. n. US A cover for a quilt or comforter.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider

Etymologies

  1. 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"), 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. (Wiktionary)
  2. French, down, from Old French, alteration of dumet, diminutive of dum, dun, from Old Norse dūnn. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (3)

Words with the same meaning

  1. continental quilt
  1. quilt
  1. doona

hypernyms (4)

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  1. quilt
  1. comfort
  1. comforter
  1. puff

same context (24)

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  1. kepi
  2. pillowcase
  3. Sauvignon
  4. fuzzball
  1. marbre
  2. nuage
  3. eiderdown
  4. roseleaf
  1. cocher
  2. bolster
  3. liquide
  4. cul
  1. cachet
  2. bedframe
  3. comforter
  4. fog bank
  1. podgy
  2. contrail
  3. manteau
  4. mont
  1. aristiri
  2. crossbeam
  3. grunter
  4. candy!!

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  1. British
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  • bilby British. Jun 20, 2010

  • phantasee Never heard of the song though... Jun 20, 2010

  • phantasee 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. Jun 20, 2010

  • dain Great word and song. Nov 28, 2008

  • lampbane "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" Jan 8, 2007

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‘duvet’ has been looked up 3197 times, loved by 2 people, added to 24 lists, commented on 5 times, and has a Scrabble score of 9.