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A comforter (in American English), in addition to known as a doona in Australian English,[1] or a continental quilt (or understandably quilt) or duvet in English, is a type of bedding made of two lengths of fabric or covering sewn together and filled subsequently insulative materials for warmth, traditionally beside or feathers, wool or cotton batting, silk, or polyester and further down vary fibers. following quilts, comforters are generally laid higher than a summit bed sheet (and sometimes after that blankets). Duvets are unorthodox form of quilt, traditionally filled with feathers, even if previously the late 20th century often made of synthetic fibres or all along alternatives.

A comforter is sometimes covered for tutelage and prolonged use. Comforter covers are similar in principle to pillowcases, usually closed once zippers or buttons.

In the united Kingdom the term comforter is not generally used. It is instead 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 allowance of a "bed in a bag", usually a prosecution of some sort with handles that contains an entire set of bedding in the same or a matching pattern: comforter and summit sheet, fitted sheet, pillowcase(s), and perhaps pillow sham(s). Some sets have a duvet and duvet lid (more well-liked in Europe) in area of a comforter and top sheet. More deluxe sets may tally up a bed skirt and pillows.

Comforters are usually used in the winter season as soon as it is very cold, although a variety of interchange thicknesses means that they can be used in additional seasons as well, gone lighter examples instinctive 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 neighboring cold.

Comforter sizes concur similar to bed sizes: twin, full, queen, king, and cal-king. Comforter sizes direct slightly larger than mattress sizes to permit for draping exceeding 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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