(Britain, New Zealand, US) A quilt or usually flat cloth bag with a filling (traditionally down) and usually an additional washable cover, used instead of blankets; often called a comforter or quilt, especially in US English.
(US) Short for duvet cover.
etuve
struv
thruv
trouv
turvy
uvate
uvate
noun
A conserve made of grapes.
uvito
vatus
vatus
noun
plural of vatu
vault
vault
noun
(computing) An encrypted digital archive.
(equestrianism) Synonym of volte: a circular movement by the horse.
(figuratively) Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly the sky and caves.
(gymnastics) A gymnastic movement performed on this apparatus.
(gymnastics) A piece of apparatus used for performing jumps.
(gymnastics) An event or performance involving a vaulting horse.
(obsolete) An underground or covered conduit for water or waste; a drain; a sewer.
(obsolete) An underground or covered reservoir for water or waste; a cistern; a cesspit.
(obsolete, euphemistic) A room employing a cesspit or sewer: an outhouse; a lavatory.
(often figurative) Any archive of past content.
An act of vaulting, formerly (chiefly) by deer; a leap or jump.
An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.
Any arched ceiling or roof.
Any burial chamber, particularly those underground.
Any cellar or underground storeroom.
The secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables; similar rooms in other settings.
The space covered by an arched roof, particularly underground rooms and (Christianity, obsolete) church crypts.
verb
(transitive) To build as, or cover with a vault.
(transitive, intransitive) To jump or leap over.
vaunt
vaunt
noun
(obsolete) The first part.
A boast; an instance of vaunting.
verb
(intransitive) To speak boastfully.
(transitive) To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.
(transitive) To speak boastfully about.
vertu
vertu
noun
(art, now historical) Objets d'art collectively.
(art, now historical) The fine arts as a subject of study or expertise; understanding of arts and antiquities.
Especially with reference to the writings of Machiavelli (1469–1527): the requisite qualities for political or military success; vitality, determination; power.