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# duvet

noun (a duvet, duvets)

«duvet» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A duvet is a big soft bed cover filled with feathers or other soft material, which you sleep under to keep warm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duvet/#m1)

### In the lessons

In everyday life at home, children make their bed by straightening the duvet; a duvet cover is washed regularly. In stories, characters snuggle under a duvet. Phrases: duvet cover, snuggle under the duvet, duvet day.

### Examples

- I snuggled under my warm duvet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duvet/#x1)
- Mum put a clean duvet cover on my bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duvet/#x2)
- My duvet has dinosaurs on it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duvet/#x3)
- In winter I use a thicker duvet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duvet/#x4)
- Shake the duvet to make it fluffy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duvet/#x5)
- I made my bed and straightened the duvet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duvet/#x6)

### Note

Said DOO-vay; the t is silent (it comes from French). In the USA people often say comforter; in Australia and NZ, a duvet is often called a doona (Australia) or a continental quilt. Countable: a duvet, duvets.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «duvet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/duvet/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«duvet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/duvet.html) on Mova free.