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A comforter (in American English), furthermore known as a doona in Australian English,[1] or a continental quilt (or handily quilt) or duvet in English, is a type of bedding made of two lengths of fabric or covering sewn together and filled considering insulative materials for warmth, traditionally down or feathers, wool or cotton batting, silk, or polyester and further next to stand-in fibers. past quilts, comforters are generally laid beyond a top bed sheet (and sometimes as well as blankets). Duvets are unconventional form of quilt, traditionally filled like feathers, though before the tardy 20th century often made of synthetic fibres or down alternatives.

A comforter is sometimes covered for sponsorship and prolonged use. Comforter covers are thesame in principle to pillowcases, usually closed taking into account zippers or buttons.

In the united Kingdom the term comforter is not generally used. It is then again called a quilt (or continental quilt), duvet or an eiderdown. A duvet differs in that it is thicker and usually used without blankets or further sheets.

Sometimes a comforter is sold as allocation of a "bed in a bag", usually a prosecution of some sort with handles that contains an entire set of bedding in the similar or a matching pattern: comforter and top sheet, fitted sheet, pillowcase(s), and perhaps pillow sham(s). Some sets have a duvet and duvet lid (more well-liked in Europe) in place of a comforter and top sheet. More deluxe sets may attach a bed skirt and pillows.

Comforters are usually used in the winter season afterward it is no question cold, although a variety of substitute thicknesses means that they can be used in extra seasons as well, when lighter examples brute used in warmer weather. Due to the thickness of a comforter or the amount of down/feathers or supplementary filling it has, a person is insulated adjoining cold.

Comforter sizes concur taking into account bed sizes: twin, full, queen, king, and cal-king. Comforter sizes run slightly larger than mattress sizes to permit for draping over the sides of the bed. Typical sizes in the joined States for comforters are:

Twin Bed = 64 in (163 cm) width 87 in (221 cm) length
Queen Bed / Full = 87 in (221 cm) width 87 in (221 cm) length
King Bed = 101 in (257 cm) width 90 in (229 cm) length

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