What's a duvet?

Question

Something like a comforter? Does it replace a comforter?

Okay so it's just a comforter case? So I can shove my old ugly comforter into a new duvet set that I saw and that's it?

Answer 1

No, it is a cover for a comforter , it i gives you a new look for your bed with out the comforter price. (slips over it)

Answer 2

A duvet is a down comforter that is filled with down feathers. Duvet is the French word for down feathers. A duvet cover is like a giant pillow case to put the duvet in. And yes, you can put your old comforter inside the duvet cover.

Answer 3

It's like a pillow case for a pillow only it goes over a comforter and buttons at the top. I have a down comforter and it slips into a duvet. You can change them when you change your color scheme.

Answer 4

It is a cover made like a envelope with buttons that you can put a comforter into to change the look without the expense of buying a new comforter.

Answer 5

A duvet is a plain comforter; a duvet cover is a covering for it, usually in a pattern

Answer 6

kind of like a comforter

Answer 7

It is a type of bedding— a soft flat bag traditionally filled with down or feathers, or a combination of both and used on a bed as a blanket.

Answer 8

I think it is like a comforter or bedspread that goes OVER your comforter or bedspread to protect it. Leave it to the French.

Answer 9

Just a snobby word for comforter.

Answer 10

Here's one: http://pandorasantafe.com/Products/bedding6.html