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Definition of eiderdown in English: eiderdownnounˈʌɪdədaʊnˈaɪdərˌdaʊn 1British A quilt filled with down (originally from the eider) or some other soft material. 〈主英〉鸭绒被；（用其他软质材料作芯的）被子 Example sentencesExamples - We would set out to warm her up by driving two miles in second gear with an old eiderdown over her bonnet.
- The father of the house where Teddy is staying at the outbreak of war throws a white eiderdown out of a window in a rage.
- The Queen had her doubts about the girl being a princess, and is determined to find out the truth by placing a pea under the mattress and eiderdown of the princess's bed.
- Precious pastry cooks declared it needed to rest on an eiderdown before it went in the oven, after which baking took place in an atmosphere of maternity.
- The searchers had ripped apart the mattress, the eiderdown, and the pillows.
- Clara tucked the eiderdown about his shoulders.
- ‘Just leave it on the desk, thank you,’ I mumbled into the eiderdown.
- Later she became known as the lampshade lady after she and her husband opened a shop over the road where she made and sold lampshades, eiderdowns and similar items.
- I sat up in a tangle of sheets and eiderdowns, trying to get my breathing back down to a more reasonable rate.
- It was lovely to be in a decent bed with sheets and eiderdowns.
- I pulled the eiderdown over my head and hugged myself, but my own arms gave me no comfort.
- She lay in the middle of the big bed, her slender figure - now thinned by her illness - seeming lost in the stacks of blankets and eiderdowns and pillows and cushions and sheets.
- They went upstairs, undressed and climbed between the cool sheets covered with the heavy eiderdown.
- It was always such a relief to get back to Auntie Lizzie's so we could use her eiderdown quilts to slide down the stairs (sit on the top step, at the end of the quilt, fold it over your feet, hold both corners and launch yourself over the edge).
- A couple of fancy shirts, several pair of dress trousers, and other garments were neatly spread out on the eiderdown coverlet.
- That night, they fell asleep in Victoria's living room, lounged against each other and wrapped in an eiderdown quilt.
- I shivered in the folds of the eiderdown wrapped around my shoulders and drew it tighter, trying to foil an errant draught.
- Some talk of rosy cheeks and country air, and fresh food and plump eiderdowns and lifelong friends.
Synonyms cover, covering, rug, afghan, quilt, duvet 2mass noun Small, soft feathers from the breast of the female eider. Example sentencesExamples - Eiderdown is exceptionally soft and has insulating properties superior to any other down.
- I felt the crisp Arctic air and ran my hand through Musk-ox hair that was as soft as eider down.
- Iceland is one of the last major sources of Eider Down in the world.
Definition of eiderdown in US English: eiderdownnounˈīdərˌdounˈaɪdərˌdaʊn 1Small, soft feathers from the breast of the female eider duck. Example sentencesExamples - Eiderdown is exceptionally soft and has insulating properties superior to any other down.
- I felt the crisp Arctic air and ran my hand through Musk-ox hair that was as soft as eider down.
- Iceland is one of the last major sources of Eider Down in the world.
- 1.1British A quilt filled with down (originally from the eider) or some other soft material.
〈主英〉鸭绒被；（用其他软质材料作芯的）被子 Example sentencesExamples - It was lovely to be in a decent bed with sheets and eiderdowns.
- ‘Just leave it on the desk, thank you,’ I mumbled into the eiderdown.
- I shivered in the folds of the eiderdown wrapped around my shoulders and drew it tighter, trying to foil an errant draught.
- We would set out to warm her up by driving two miles in second gear with an old eiderdown over her bonnet.
- The Queen had her doubts about the girl being a princess, and is determined to find out the truth by placing a pea under the mattress and eiderdown of the princess's bed.
- I pulled the eiderdown over my head and hugged myself, but my own arms gave me no comfort.
- They went upstairs, undressed and climbed between the cool sheets covered with the heavy eiderdown.
- She lay in the middle of the big bed, her slender figure - now thinned by her illness - seeming lost in the stacks of blankets and eiderdowns and pillows and cushions and sheets.
- A couple of fancy shirts, several pair of dress trousers, and other garments were neatly spread out on the eiderdown coverlet.
- Clara tucked the eiderdown about his shoulders.
- I sat up in a tangle of sheets and eiderdowns, trying to get my breathing back down to a more reasonable rate.
- Later she became known as the lampshade lady after she and her husband opened a shop over the road where she made and sold lampshades, eiderdowns and similar items.
- It was always such a relief to get back to Auntie Lizzie's so we could use her eiderdown quilts to slide down the stairs (sit on the top step, at the end of the quilt, fold it over your feet, hold both corners and launch yourself over the edge).
- The searchers had ripped apart the mattress, the eiderdown, and the pillows.
- Precious pastry cooks declared it needed to rest on an eiderdown before it went in the oven, after which baking took place in an atmosphere of maternity.
- That night, they fell asleep in Victoria's living room, lounged against each other and wrapped in an eiderdown quilt.
- Some talk of rosy cheeks and country air, and fresh food and plump eiderdowns and lifelong friends.
- The father of the house where Teddy is staying at the outbreak of war throws a white eiderdown out of a window in a rage.
Synonyms cover, covering, rug, afghan, quilt, duvet
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