DUVET


Meaning of DUVET in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

duvet day

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

double

From their Empire Collection, Antoinette costs £69.99 for a double duvet cover.

Astor limed oak clock Bed linen Avignon White double duvet cover, from £69.99; filled pillowcase.

Red notebook Bed linen Samba square dance double duvet cover; pillowcase.

In poly-cotton a double duvet costs £36.99.

In luxury percale, a double duvet cover costs around £47.99.

■ NOUN

cover

From their Empire Collection, Antoinette costs £69.99 for a double duvet cover .

Can you imagine the luxury of a cashmere duvet cover ?

Astor limed oak clock Bed linen Avignon White double duvet cover , from £69.99; filled pillowcase.

Magnet and Southern, duvet covers .

And, as a matter of course, all duvet covers are matched with similarly designed pillowcases.

A duvet cover which looks like a contemporary painting, plain bright curtains and the whole effect softened with swooping net drapes.

Cot quilts £15.99, reversible duvet cover £10.99, wallpaper £6.99 a roll, borders £6.99 a roll, curtains from £45.

■ VERB

pull

She pulled the duvet over her head and ignored it.

Fabia pulled the duvet up over her head and tried to get some sleep.

I pulled the duvet over my head.

All I wanted was to climb back into bed and pull the duvet over my head.

Margaret pulled the duvet round her trying to get warm.

I slipped in next to him, pulled some of the duvet my way.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Boardman is shown wearing a duvet with the logo in one of the expedition photographs.

Can you imagine the luxury of a cashmere duvet cover?

Josie disappeared for a couple of minutes and then reappeared with some pillows and a duvet .

Lightweight and fluffy, the duvet is ideal for summer use.

Natural filled duvets are more expensive and those filled with duck down, are considered the ultimate in luxury duvets.

She still had her clothes on but was covered by a grey duvet .

To further pleas from Toby not to touch him I raced upstairs, grabbed a duvet and put it round him.

You can purchase two kinds of duvet , polyester filled or natural.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.