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CONTINENTAL QUILT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does continental quilt mean?
• CONTINENTAL QUILT (noun)
The noun CONTINENTAL QUILT has 1 sense:
1. a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider
Familiarity information: CONTINENTAL QUILT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
continental quilt; duvet; eiderdown
Hypernyms ("continental quilt" is a kind of...):
comfort; comforter; puff; quilt (bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together)
Meronyms (substance of "continental quilt"):
eiderdown (down of the eider duck)
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