swatch
a sample of cloth or other material.
a sample, patch, or characteristic specimen of anything.
Origin of swatch
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How to use swatch in a sentence
Lay is looking at fabric swatches for a $45 million jet the company was considering buying.
The images in the show are bolstered by a vast archive, which includes fabric swatches, text pieces, and photographs of Sprouse.
Small pieces or “swatches” are taken from the ends of the fabric, and compared with the pattern.
Textiles | William H. DooleySome firms will send fair-sized samples or swatches of material for class use.
The Teaching of Art Related to the Home | Federal Board for Vocational EducationSmall swatches of the dyed goods are put in clean porcelain basins, and some of these solutions poured over them.
The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics | Franklin Beech
To prevent any mistakes, it is well to mark the swatches with one, two, three or more cuts as may be required.
The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics | Franklin BeechLester closed the book of sample swatches and sat down suddenly.
The Competitive Nephew | Montague Glass
British Dictionary definitions for swatch
/ (swɒtʃ) /
a sample of cloth
a number of such samples, usually fastened together in book form
printing
a small sample of colour supplied to the printer for matching during printing
a sample of ink spread on paper by a printer to check the accuracy of a required colour
Origin of swatch
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