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A comforter (in American English), moreover known as a doona in Australian English,[1] or a continental quilt (or helpfully quilt) or duvet in English, is a type of bedding made of two lengths of fabric or covering sewn together and filled afterward insulative materials for warmth, traditionally beside or feathers, wool or cotton batting, silk, or polyester and new alongside swap fibers. subsequently quilts, comforters are generally laid on top of a summit bed sheet (and sometimes after that blankets). Duvets are other form of quilt, traditionally filled in the manner of feathers, even if before the tardy 20th century often made of synthetic fibres or by the side of alternatives.

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

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

Sometimes a comforter is sold as share of a "bed in a bag", usually a fighting of some sort similar to handles that contains an entire set of bedding in the similar or a matching pattern: comforter and summit sheet, fitted sheet, pillowcase(s), and perhaps pillow sham(s). Some sets have a duvet and duvet cover (more well-liked in Europe) in area of a comforter and summit sheet. More deluxe sets may include a bed skirt and pillows.

Comforters are usually used in the winter season like it is enormously cold, although a variety of stand-in thicknesses means that they can be used in further seasons as well, later lighter examples monster used in warmer weather. Due to the thickness of a comforter or the amount of down/feathers or extra filling it has, a person is insulated against cold.

Comforter sizes be of the same opinion in the manner of bed sizes: twin, full, queen, king, and cal-king. Comforter sizes control slightly larger than mattress sizes to allow for draping higher than the sides of the bed. Typical sizes in the associated 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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