eiderdown
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8.8
- noun
- /ˈaɪdərˌdaʊn/
:
edredón de eider
- I bought this eiderdown quilt there, at a boutique on East 63rd Street.
- eiderdown quilt
Examples
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I bought this eiderdown quilt there, at a boutique on East 63rd Street.
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Though I found no pleasure in it, I put myself to bed each night in eiderdown, and woke each morning much against my will.
Fiction book (1997) -
I have an eiderdown quilt.
Fiction book (1995) -
Her bed was the largest thing of all - curly legs, carved headboard, and covered with a flowered eiderdown.
Fiction book (1994) -
Azzie was growing bored, and the big four-poster bed with its fluffy eiderdown looked exceedingly comfortable.
Fiction book (1991) -
Her bed was the largest thing of all - curly legs, carved headboard, and covered with a flowered eiderdown.
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A double bed stood in the center of the room, made up with clean sheets and a wine-colored eiderdown comforter that was pillow-thick.
Synonyms
9
3.0
A soft quilted blanket used on a bed to keep you warm
A thick soft bed covering filled with feathers or warm fibers used instead of sheets
How Warm
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Eiderdown comes from the eider 'duck' and down 'soft feathers', so an eiderdown quilt is a bed cover filled with that warm duck down to keep you very warm.