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DUVET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does duvet mean?
• DUVET (noun)
The noun DUVET has 1 sense:
1. a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider
Familiarity information: DUVET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
continental quilt; duvet; eiderdown
Hypernyms ("duvet" is a kind of...):
comfort; comforter; puff; quilt (bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together)
Meronyms (substance of "duvet"):
eiderdown (down of the eider duck)
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