eiderdown (redirected from eiderdowns)

ei·der·down also eider down  (dr-doun)

n.

1. The down of the eider duck, used as stuffing for quilts and pillows.

2. A quilt stuffed with the down of the eider duck.

3. A warm napped fabric.

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[Swedish ejderdun, from Icelandic ædhar-dún : ædhar, genitive of ædhr, eider (from Old Norse dhr) + dún, down (from Old Norse dnn).]

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eiderdown [ˈaɪdəˌdaʊn]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the breast down of the female eider duck, with which it lines the nest, used for stuffing pillows, quilts, etc.

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

3. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) US a warm cotton fabric having a woollen nap

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	eiderdown - a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider continental quilt, duvet eiderdown - down of the eider duck quilt, comforter, puff, comfort - bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
	2.	eiderdown - down of the eider duck eider, eider duck - duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females duck down - down of the duck continental quilt, duvet, eiderdown - a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider

Translations

eiderdown [ˈaɪdədaʊn] N → edredón m

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eiderdown [ˈaɪdə^rdaʊn] n → édredon m

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eiderdown

n (= quilt) → Federbett nt, → Daunendecke f; (= feathers) → Daunen pl, → Flaumfedern pl

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eiderdown [ˈaɪdəˌdaʊn] n (quilt) → trapunta di piuma

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eiderdown [ˈaɪdəˌdaʊn] n (quilt) → trapunta di piuma

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eiderdown

n eiderdown [ˈaidədaun]

a bedcover made of the down or soft feathers of the eider duck (a northern sea duck). donskombers لِحاف من الرّيش пух prachová prošívaná přikrývka overdyne; dyne Eiderdaunen (pl.) πουπουλένιο πάπλωμα edredón udusulgtekk لحاف پر untuvapeite édredon שְׂמִיכַת נוֹצוֹת गद्दा perina pehelypaplan selimut æðardúnssæng trapunta 羽ぶとん 아이더다운(솜털오리의 암컷의 솜털) pûkinë antklodë dūnu sega buku eider dekbed (ederduns)dyne pierzyna, kołdra edredão pilotă пуховое одеяло páperový paplón pernica jorgan [] ejderdun ขนหน้าอกของเป็ดไอเดอร์ ördek tüyünden yorgan 鴨絨被 ковдра з гагачого пуху برم پروں سے بنا لحاف یا گدا chăn lông vịt 鸭绒垫（被）