DUVET

eiderdown, duvet, continental quilt

(noun) a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

duvet (plural duvets)

(British, New Zealand) A thick, padded quilt used instead of blankets.

(US) A cover for a quilt or comforter.

Synonyms

• (padded quilt): doona (Australia); quilt (USA); continental quilt (UK)

Source: Wiktionary



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5 May 2025

UNEXPLOITED

(adjective) not developed, improved, exploited or used; “vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources”; “taxes on undeveloped lots are low”


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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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