EIDERDOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eiderdown mean? 

• EIDERDOWN (noun)
  The noun EIDERDOWN has 2 senses:

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

2. down of the eider duck

  Familiarity information: EIDERDOWN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EIDERDOWN (noun)

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 ("eiderdown" is a kind of...):

comfort; comforter; puff; quilt (bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together)

Meronyms (substance of "eiderdown"):

eiderdown (down of the eider duck)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Down of the eider duck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("eiderdown" is a kind of...):

duck down (down of the duck)

Holonyms ("eiderdown" is a part of...):

eider; eider duck (duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females)

Holonyms ("eiderdown" is a substance of...):

continental quilt; duvet; eiderdown (a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider)