duvet
noun/ˈduːveɪ/
/ˈduːveɪ/, /duːˈveɪ/
(North American English also comforter)
- a large cloth bag that is filled with feathers or other soft material and that you have on top of you in bed to keep yourself warm
- a duvet cover (= a cover that you can wash, that you put over a duvet)
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesb2- He flung back the duvet and got out of bed.
- I snuggled down under the warm duvet.
- She climbed into bed and pulled the duvet over her.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- double
- king-size
- single
- …
- pull
- fling back
- kick off
- …
- cover
- beneath a/the duvet
- under a/the duvet
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from French, literally ‘down’.Want to learn more?
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