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EIDERDOWN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Down of the eider duck
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("eiderdown" is a kind of...):
duck down (down of the duck)
Holonyms ("eiderdown" is a part of...):
eider; eider duck (duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females)
Holonyms ("eiderdown" is a substance of...):
continental quilt; duvet; eiderdown (a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider
Synonyms:
continental quilt; duvet; eiderdown
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("eiderdown" is a kind of...):
comfort; comforter; puff; quilt (bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together)
Meronyms (substance of "eiderdown"):
eiderdown (down of the eider duck)
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