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[ doo-vey, dyoo- ] / duˈveɪ, dyu- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR duvet ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna usually down-filled quilt, often with a removable cover; comforter. Origin of duvet1750–60; <French: down (plumage), Middle French, alteration of dumet, derivative of Old French dum ≪ Old Norse dūnndown2 Words nearby duvetduumvir, duumvirate, Duvalier, Duve, Duveneck, duvet, duvet day, duvetyn, du Vigneaud, dux, Duxbury Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for duvetI pulled my duvet up to my chin and felt the mattress shaping to my body. The Price of ‘Free’: Models Moonlighting as Escorts|Anonymous|March 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST One look resembled a duvet cover thrown around the shoulders like a long cape. Comme Des Garçons, Kenzo, and More Japanese Designers at Paris Fashion Week|Liza Foreman|March 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST A tube of lubricant also flew into the stalls as a duvet was swiftly scooped up. New York’s Naughtiest Show (Maybe Avoid the Front Row)|Tim Teeman|January 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST But they believed, too, that Knox and Sollecito took pity on her later by covering her with a duvet. New Hope for Amanda Knox|Barbie Latza Nadeau|March 4, 2010|DAILY BEAST
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." It Never Can Happen Again|William De Morgan He put his face down in her duvet and smelled the cotton covers and her nighttime sweat, like a spice, like cinnamon. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town|Cory Doctorow
British Dictionary definitions for duvet
nounanother name for continental quilt Also called: duvet jacket a down-filled jacket used esp by mountaineers Word Origin for duvetC18: from French, from earlier dumet, from Old French dum down ² Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to duvetcomforter, bedspread, blanket, quilt, patchwork, cover, down, pad, puff, coverlet, counterpane, eiderdown, pouf, batt |