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How to pronounce duvet in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms continental quilt, eiderdown
Type of comfort, comforter, puff, quilt

Examples of duvet

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They take the duvet with them up to Cat as they wait to be judged, which is fun.
From the blogs.wsj.com
Most of the rows, averaging six a month, will be over someone hogging the duvet.
From the express.co.uk
There is one prize of a combination duvet, in either single, double or King size.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
As much is clear when I start talking to him about my plan to make a duvet cover.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Come 25 April, I will be grateful that I managed to ditch the duvet that morning.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
Suddenly the duvet coats of the mid-Nineties didn't seem so terrible after all.
From the independent.co.uk
I would wake swaddled in a duvet on the stone beach at Berriedale in Caithness.
From the guardian.co.uk
A signal, perhaps, that it may not be wise to cower under the duvet for too long.
From the guardian.co.uk
Each is dressed in 250-thread-count bedding and topped with a goose-down duvet.
From the usatoday.com
More examples
  • Eiderdown: a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider
  • A duvet (/u02C8djuu02D0veu026A/, /u02C8duu02D0veu026A/, or US /duu02D0u02C8veu026A/; from the French duvet "down") is a type of bedding consisting of a soft flat bag filled with down, feathers, wool, silk or a synthetic alternative, and typically protected with a removable cover, analogous to a pillow and pillow case...
  • A thick, padded quilt used instead of blankets; A cover for a quilt or comforter
  • A warm, soft bed covering that is filled with down or feathers
  • A duvet is similar to a comforter and/or a quilt in that a duvet is also composed of two layers of fabric with an insulation substance between. However, the difference between a duvet and a comforter and/or quilt is that the duvet is to be placed inside a duvet cover. ...
  • A fabric shell that fits over a comforter. An opening at one end lets you insert the comforter and close the duvet using buttons, ties or zippers. ...
  • A quilt used on top of bed in place of a bedspread and top sheet. Often made to interface with decorative covers.
  • A sack-like covering, constructed with three closed sides and one open side for the insertion of a comforter. May have button, tie or zipper closure. ...
  • Decorative, yet functional covering that does to your comforter what pillow covers to for pillow inserts.