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duvet

[ doo-vey, dyoo- ]

/ duˈveɪ, dyu- /

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noun

a usually down-filled quilt, often with a removable cover; comforter.

Origin of duvet

1750–60; < French: down (plumage), Middle French, alteration of dumet, derivative of Old French dum ≪ Old Norse dūnn down²

Words nearby duvet

duumvir, duumvirate, duvalier, duve, duveneck, duvet, duvet day, duvetyn, duvida, dux, duxbury

Example sentences from the Web for duvet

I pulled my duvet up to my chin and felt the mattress shaping to my body.

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One look resembled a duvet cover thrown around the shoulders like a long cape.

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A tube of lubricant also flew into the stalls as a duvet was swiftly scooped up.

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But they believed, too, that Knox and Sollecito took pity on her later by covering her with a duvet.

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After a while he lowered himself on to the bed, and lay between Miss Showers and myself on the outside of the duvet.

There is no Death |Florence Marryatt
The only covering consisted of a single blanket, and the duvet or down pillow, always found upon the foot of continental beds.

An American Girl Abroad |Adeline Trafton
But she improved it: "You must have it after you're in bed, and you must have my duvet."

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He put his face down in her duvet and smelled the cotton covers and her nighttime sweat, like a spice, like cinnamon.

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British Dictionary definitions for duvet

duvet

/ (ˈduːveɪ) /

noun

another name for continental quilt

Also called: duvet jacket a down-filled jacket used esp by mountaineers

Word Origin for duvet

C18: from French, from earlier dumet, from Old French dum down ²