swatch

The definition of a swatch is a sample of material or color.

(noun)

An example of swatch is a small piece of fabric.

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See swatch in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. a sample piece of cloth or other material
  2. a small amount or number in a cluster, bunch, or patch

Origin: orig., a cloth tally < ?

See swatch in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A sample strip cut from a piece of material.
  2. A representative portion; a sample: quoted swatches of the speech in his article.
  3. A strip or swath of land: “I . . . drove through this hilly swatch of field and forest that wraps around the east and north of town” (Jean Anderson).

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