eiderdown

[ ahy-der-doun ]

/ ˈaɪ dərˌdaʊn /

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noun

down, or soft feathers, from the breast of the female eider duck.

a heavy quilt or comforter, especially one filled with eiderdown.

a warm, lightweight knitted or woven fabric of wool, cotton, or man-made fibers, napped on one or both sides, used for sleepwear, infants' clothing, etc.

Origin of eiderdown

First recorded in 1765–75; eider + down²

Words nearby eiderdown

eicosapentaenoic acid, Eid, Eid al-Adha, Eid al-Fitr, eider, eiderdown, eider duck, eidetic, eidolon, eidoptometry, eidos

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Example sentences from the Web for eiderdown

Resolutely I pitched out the eiderdown into the dark and dirty air shaft.
The Man with the Clubfoot|Valentine Williams
The red splash of the eiderdown, just visible in the light from the adjoining window, seemed to be a horrible distance below me.
The Man with the Clubfoot|Valentine Williams
I dropped square on top of the eiderdown with one knee on a pillow and, though shaken and jarred, I found I had broken no bones.
The Man with the Clubfoot|Valentine Williams
She jerked up in bed, clutching the eiderdown; her heart beat.
Bliss, and Other Stories|Katherine Mansfield

Finally, sinking to sleep in a bed of eiderdown, Popanilla was confirmed in his prejudices against a state of nature.
The Voyage of Captain Popanilla|Benjamin Disraeli

British Dictionary definitions for eiderdown

eiderdown

/ (ˈaɪdəˌdaʊn) /

noun

the breast down of the female eider duck, with which it lines the nest, used for stuffing pillows, quilts, etc

a thick warm cover for a bed, made of two layers of material enclosing a soft filling

US a warm cotton fabric having a woollen nap

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单词	eiderdown
释义	eiderdown [ ahy-der-doun ] / ˈaɪ dərˌdaʊn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR eiderdown ON THESAURUS.COM noun down, or soft feathers, from the breast of the female eider duck. a heavy quilt or comforter, especially one filled with eiderdown. a warm, lightweight knitted or woven fabric of wool, cotton, or man-made fibers, napped on one or both sides, used for sleepwear, infants' clothing, etc. Origin of eiderdown First recorded in 1765–75; eider + down² Words nearby eiderdown eicosapentaenoic acid, Eid, Eid al-Adha, Eid al-Fitr, eider, eiderdown, eider duck, eidetic, eidolon, eidoptometry, eidos Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for eiderdown Resolutely I pitched out the eiderdown into the dark and dirty air shaft. The Man with the Clubfoot\|Valentine Williams The red splash of the eiderdown, just visible in the light from the adjoining window, seemed to be a horrible distance below me. The Man with the Clubfoot\|Valentine Williams I dropped square on top of the eiderdown with one knee on a pillow and, though shaken and jarred, I found I had broken no bones. The Man with the Clubfoot\|Valentine Williams She jerked up in bed, clutching the eiderdown; her heart beat. Bliss, and Other Stories\|Katherine Mansfield Finally, sinking to sleep in a bed of eiderdown, Popanilla was confirmed in his prejudices against a state of nature. The Voyage of Captain Popanilla\|Benjamin Disraeli British Dictionary definitions for eiderdown eiderdown / (ˈaɪdəˌdaʊn) / noun the breast down of the female eider duck, with which it lines the nest, used for stuffing pillows, quilts, etc a thick warm cover for a bed, made of two layers of material enclosing a soft filling US a warm cotton fabric having a woollen nap Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to eiderdown comforter, bedspread, blanket, sheet, quilt, bed linen, linen, pillow, pillowcase, fuzz, lint, patchwork, cover, down, pad, puff, coverlet, counterpane, duvet, pouf
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eiderdown

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