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Word entry · 5 letters

duvet

Best crossword clue

"Soft bed quilt"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /d(j)uːˈveɪ/Part of speech nounSorted detuvStarts with DEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider

Word origin

From French duvet, from Middle French duvet, from Old French duvet (“down, the feathers of young birds”), alteration of dumet, dumect, which in turn derives from dum, dun (“down, feathers”), from Old Norse dúnn (“down, down feather”), from Proto-Germanic *dūnaz (“down”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, fume, raise dust”).

Used in a sentence

  • He pulled the thick duvet over his head to block out the morning light.

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