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duvet

duvet

10 3.0
A soft quilted blanket used on a bed to keep you warm
  • noun
  • /duːˈveɪ/
: edredón
  • The hotel provided us with a soft duvet that made our stay very comfortable.
  • duvet cover
  • pillows and duvets
  • duvet on the bed

I had two, what are they double tog fucking duvets or something?

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Examples

  • We have all brand new feather duvets.

    Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016)

  • I'm gonna go home, crawl under the duvet for a week.

    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

  • Do you want this duvet cover on your bed?

    All or Nothing (2002)

  • Do you know what a duvet is?

    Fight Club (1999)

  • Very carefully, holding on to the fitted bottom sheet, she got into bed and pulled the duvet over her.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • I threw off my duvet and went to investigate further.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Like snuggling under a duvet.

    Enchanted Kingdom (2014)

  • In Norway they always have two duvets, one on each side.

  • As the nights close in and winter takes hold, I get a hankering to burrow into my duvet, curl up, and hibernate until spring.

    Academic text (2007)

  • After a long day, I love to snuggle under my duvet and read a book.

Synonyms

blanket
vsduvet
445 1.0

A large soft cloth you use on a bed to keep warm

is filled with down or synthetic filling rather than being a simple cloth layer
quilt
vsduvet
89 1.2

A warm blanket of two layers of fabric stitched together with soft filling

is focused on thick down or synthetic filling for warmth rather than decoration
comforter
vsduvet
  • US
21 2.5

A thick bed covering filled with warm material for sleeping

is a filled cover often described without noting layered stitching
bedspread
vsduvet
19 1.4

A decorative cover spread over a bed that covers the sheets and blankets

is used primarily as the main warm sleeping cover rather than a decorative top layer
coverlet
vsduvet
4 7.7

A decorative cloth for a bed like a thin quilt

is intended mainly as a warm filled bed covering rather than decoration
bedcover
vsduvet
2 1.3

A large cloth that covers a bed to make it look nice and keep it warm

is a specific filled warm bedding item rather than any general bed fabric
eiderdown
vsduvet
1 8.8

A warm quilt filled with soft feathers from the eider duck

is filled with down or synthetic material generally not one specific bird's feathers
quilted bedspread
vsduvet
1 2.9

A thin sewn blanket you put on a bed for warmth or decoration

is thicker and filled mainly for warmth rather than thin decorative covering
bed covering
vsduvet
1 1.5

A cloth placed on a bed to keep you warm or make it look nice

is a particular filled soft cover used for sleeping rather than the broad category
continental quilt
vsduvet
  • US
3.7

A thick soft bed covering filled with feathers or warm fibers used instead of sheets

is the same item but known by a different regional name

How Warm

eiderdown
1 8.8
comforter
  • US
21 2.5
duvet
10 3.0
blanket
445 1.0
coverlet
4 7.7
sheet
301 1.0

Surface Forms

duvet singular
duvets plural

Etymology

Duvet comes from the French word duvet, which means 'down', the soft feathers from birds. So a duvet is a soft, warm blanket filled with that 'down', which is why it feels fluffy and cozy.