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A comforter (in American English), afterward known as a doona in Australian English,[1] or a continental quilt (or simply quilt) or duvet in English, is a type of bedding made of two lengths of fabric or covering sewn together and filled in the manner of insulative materials for warmth, traditionally beside or feathers, wool or cotton batting, silk, or polyester and additional beside oscillate fibers. past quilts, comforters are generally laid over a top bed sheet (and sometimes as a consequence blankets). Duvets are different form of quilt, traditionally filled with feathers, while in the past the tardy 20th century often made of synthetic fibres or all along alternatives.

A comforter is sometimes covered for auspices and prolonged use. Comforter covers are similar 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 allowance of a "bed in a bag", usually a lawsuit of some sort subsequent to handles that contains an entire set of bedding in the thesame 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 area of a comforter and top sheet. More deluxe sets may put in a bed skirt and pillows.

Comforters are usually used in the winter season in imitation of it is no question cold, although a variety of vary thicknesses means that they can be used in new seasons as well, past lighter examples physical 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 get along with past bed sizes: twin, full, queen, king, and cal-king. Comforter sizes control 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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