Words / A2

KWILT/kwɪlt/

A quilt is a thick, warm cover for a bed: pull the quilt up, a patchwork quilt, under the quilt. Duvet is the usual British word for a padded cover you put in a cover; blanket is thinner. Sheet goes under you. Do not write guilt (the feeling that you did wrong) for quilt — different sound.

Meaning

A thick, warm cover for a bed, often filled with feathers or cotton.

Examples

• “She pulled the quilt up to her chin on the cold night.”
• “Gran made a quilt from old pieces of cloth.”
• “He hid under the quilt when the thunder started.”

Good to know

a patchwork quilt / under the quilt. British cousin: duvet. Thinner: blanket. Mix-up: guilt.

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