Definitions for eiderdown

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eiderdown ei·der·down

Spelling: [ahy-der-doun]

IPA: /ˈaɪ dərˌdaʊn/

Eiderdown is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 266 anagrams from letters in eiderdown (ddeeinorw).

Definitions for eiderdown

noun

1. down, or soft feathers, from the breast of the female eider duck.
2. a heavy quilt or comforter, especially one filled with eiderdown.
3. a warm, lightweight knitted or woven fabric of wool, cotton, or man-made fibers, napped on one or both sides, used for sleepwear, infants' clothing, etc.

Origin of eiderdown

First recorded in 1765-75; eider + down²

Examples for eiderdown

But it was no use; she threw back the eiderdown, and sat bolt upright.

Indeed, he had the cure of three parishes, for that of eiderdown was joined to Stogpingum.

There is something fat and sinister and German about that eiderdown.

It was rather a close afternoon, and she lay on her bed on the top of her eiderdown.

She pulled the eiderdown about her head so as not to cry out so loudly that she would be heard.

If your eiderdown is getting shabby, why not clean it and re-cover it yourself?

Her lips trembled and her knees were shaking beneath the eiderdown quilt.

I'll slip on a dressing-gown and curl up on top of the bed under an eiderdown.

She jerked up in bed, clutching the eiderdown; her heart beat.

It was the eiderdown comfort, half-way up the studio staircase!