duvet

«duvet» in Mova's school dictionary: a big soft bed cover filled with feathers or other soft… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a duvet, duvets)

meaning for a pupil

A duvet is a big soft bed cover filled with feathers or other soft material, which you sleep under to keep warm. tree →

sense 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 →
• Mum put a clean duvet cover on my bed. tree →
• My duvet has dinosaurs on it. tree →
• In winter I use a thicker duvet. tree →
• Shake the duvet to make it fluffy. tree →
• I made my bed and straightened the duvet. tree →

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.

In the corpora

• Leo built a secret den under his duvet: tablet, brightness turned down, sound off, one eye on the door.
• One night Mum finds her crying under the duvet.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «duvet» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.