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quilt
[ kwilt ]
noun
- a coverlet for a bed, made of two layers of fabric with some soft substance, as wool or down, between them and stitched in patterns or tufted through all thicknesses in order to prevent the filling from shifting.
- anything quilted or resembling a quilt.
- a bedspread or counterpane, especially a thick one.
- Obsolete. a mattress.
verb (used with object)
- to stitch together (two pieces of cloth and a soft interlining), usually in an ornamental pattern.
- to sew up between pieces of material.
- to pad or line with material.
verb (used without object)
- to make quilts or quilted work.
quilt
/ kwɪlt /
noun
- a thick warm cover for a bed, consisting of a soft filling sewn between two layers of material, usually with crisscross seams
- a bedspread or counterpane
- anything quilted or resembling a quilt
verb
- to stitch together (two pieces of fabric) with (a thick padding or lining) between them
to quilt cotton and wool
- to create (a garment, covering, etc) in this way
- to pad with material
- informal.to strike; clout
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Derived Forms
- ˈquilter, noun
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Other Words From
- quilter noun
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Historical photographs on view in the exhibition show a crazy quilt of painting and sculpture.
The final product is an appropriately “salmon” colored quilt.
Like a patchwork quilt we can cherry pick from the holiday the parts that nurture our well worn hearts.
On another wall was hung a gaily colored quilt made by Harris.
The only problem is that I almost never see a new quilt that seems worthy of being so taken.
Zeal had undressed, extended himself on the bed, and covered his body with an eider-down quilt.
His grandfather submitted, and Gwynne dropped his arm and rearranged the quilt over his cousin's body.
Our attention was attracted to three or four windows that looked much like the crazy-quilt work that used to be in fashion.
He sat down on the side of the cheap, iron bedstead, and emptied his pockets on the top quilt.
Above, in the lower lofts, every conceivable human oddity was assembled in a sort of mercantile crazy quilt.
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