duvetnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈduː.veɪ/us/duːˈveɪ/UK UK also continental quilt, US comforterB1 a large, soft, flat bag filled with feathers or artificial material used as a covering on a bed
Examples
- She pulled the duvet over her head to try to shut out the light.
- The children's duvets have some type of synthetic filling, not goose-down or anything like that.
- I was just snuggling down into my warm duvet when my phone rang.
- an unbleached cotton duvet
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Bed linen & covers
- bed linen
- bed sheet
- bedclothes
- bedding
- bedspread
- bolster
- comforter
- continental quilt
- counterpane
- cover
- coverlet
- duvet cover
- eiderdown
- layette
- linen
- pillow
- quilt
- sheet
- sleeping bag
- valance
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Examples from literature
- He put his face down in her duvet and smelled the cotton covers and her nighttime sweat, like a spice, like cinnamon.