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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 suitably quilt) or duvet in English, is a type of bedding made of two lengths of fabric or covering sewn together and filled as soon as insulative materials for warmth, traditionally down or feathers, wool or cotton batting, silk, or polyester and supplementary by the side of different fibers. next quilts, comforters are generally laid over a summit bed sheet (and sometimes as a consequence blankets). Duvets are unusual form of quilt, traditionally filled subsequently feathers, while before the tardy 20th century often made of synthetic fibres or next to alternatives.

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

In the allied 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 share of a "bed in a bag", usually a warfare of some sort following 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 lid (more popular in Europe) in place of a comforter and top sheet. More deluxe sets may insert a bed skirt and pillows.

Comforters are usually used in the winter season similar to it is no question cold, although a variety of rotate thicknesses means that they can be used in other seasons as well, next lighter examples physical used in warmer weather. Due to the thickness of a comforter or the amount of down/feathers or additional filling it has, a person is insulated against cold.

Comforter sizes allow behind bed sizes: twin, full, queen, king, and cal-king. Comforter sizes direct slightly larger than mattress sizes to allow for draping on top of the sides of the bed. Typical sizes in the allied 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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