quilt
Americannoun
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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.
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anything quilted or resembling a quilt.
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a bedspread or counterpane, especially a thick one.
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Obsolete. a mattress.
verb (used with object)
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to stitch together (two pieces of cloth and a soft interlining), usually in an ornamental pattern.
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to sew up between pieces of material.
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to pad or line with material.
verb (used without object)
noun
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a thick warm cover for a bed, consisting of a soft filling sewn between two layers of material, usually with crisscross seams
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a bedspread or counterpane
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anything quilted or resembling a quilt
verb
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to stitch together (two pieces of fabric) with (a thick padding or lining) between them
to quilt cotton and wool
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to create (a garment, covering, etc) in this way
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to pad with material
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informal to strike; clout
Other Word Forms
- quilter noun
Etymology
Origin of quilt
1250–1300; Middle English quilte < Old French cuilte < Latin culcita mattress, cushion
Example Sentences
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After the divorce, she lived in an apartment above a quilting shop in Nyack and sometimes rented rooms to actors visiting that town for performances.
A quilted tablecloth memorialized the address numbers of all the homes on the street.
From Los Angeles Times
The water was followed by a trip to the kitchen, where, wrapped in the quilt, I slumped into a chair while she hastily prepared a bowl of vegetable soup.
From Los Angeles Times
“Mama’s Gun” is one piece of fabric in this quilt I’m building, and “Abi & Alan,” I feel like is a really big piece of it and it was amazing.
From Los Angeles Times
It features only a single twin bed covered with a simple quilt on a severe-looking iron frame.
From Los Angeles Times
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