quilt

The definition of a quilt is a bed covering or blanket made from layers of fabric around a layer of batting with the layers are stitched together in a design or pattern.

(noun)

A blanket on your bed that contains a decorative series of interlocking square fabric pieces on one side, a batting in the middle for warmth and a flat fabric backing on the other side is an example of a quilt.

To quilt is to stitch and join together different kinds of fabric to create a decorative blanket or bed cover.

(verb)

When you take a bunch of different squares of fabric and you sew them together in a pretty pattern to make a bed covering, this is an example of when you quilt.

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See quilt in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. a bedcover made of two layers of cloth filled with down, cotton, wool, etc. and stitched together in lines or patterns to keep the filling in place
  2. anything used as a quilt
  3. anything quilted or like a quilt

Origin: ME quilte < OFr < L culcita, bed, mattress < IE base *kwelek- > Sans kūrcaḥ, bundle, roll

transitive verb

  1. to make or stitch as or like a quilt: to quilt a potholder
  2. to sew up or fasten between two pieces of material
  3. to line or pad with a quiltlike material

intransitive verb

to make a quilt or quilts

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See quilt in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A coverlet or blanket made of two layers of fabric with a layer of cotton, wool, feathers, or down in between, all stitched firmly together, usually in a decorative crisscross design.
  2. A thick protective cover similar to or suggestive of a quilt.
verb quilt·ed, quilt·ing, quilts
verb, transitive
  1. To make into a quilt by stitching (layers of fabric) together.
  2. To construct like a quilt: quilt a skirt.
  3. To pad and stitch ornamentally.
verb, intransitive
  1. To make a quilt.
  2. To do quilted work.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English quilte

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman

Origin: , from Latin culcita, mattress

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Related Forms:

  • quiltˈer noun

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