Definition of "duvet" [duvet]

• A quilt, usually with a washable cover, that may be used in place of a bedspread and top sheet. (noun)

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• "Sharing the duvet is a fair price to pay for having someone around to look after, who looks after you, too."
• "A thin duvet of the same pattern rested at the foot of the bed and the pillows at the top were in a darker but similar shade of blue."
• "Still, I've never seen a comforter itself called a duvet or down in English in Russian there is a word пуховик, meaning just that"