quilt

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪlt

Noun

quilt (plural quilts)

1. A bed covering consisting of two layers of fabric stitched together, with insulation between, often having a decorative design.

   My grandmother is going to sew a quilt.

2. A quilted skirt worn by women.

Derived terms

• crazy quilt
• patchwork quilt

Translations

bed covering

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 被子 (cmn) (bèizi)

• Danish: vattæppe (da) n
• Finnish: täkki (fi)
• French: édredon (fr) m
• German: Quilt (de) m
• Greek: πάπλωμα (el) (páploma) n
• Hungarian: paplan (hu)
• Italian: trapunta (it) f
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: لێفه‌

• Latvian: vatēta sega (lv)
• Portuguese: colcha (pt) f, coberta (pt) f, edredon (pt) m
• Russian: стёганое одеяло n
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:

  Roman: poplun (sh) m

• Spanish: colcha (es) f, edredón (es) m
• Taos: kwíltoną
• Turkish: yorgan (tr)

Verb

quilt (third-person singular simple present quilts, present participle quilting, simple past and past participle quilted)

1. To construct a quilt.
2. To construct something, such as clothing, using the same technique.

Derived terms

• quilting bee
• quilting needle
• quilting

Translations

to construct a quilt

• Finnish: topata (fi)
• French: matelasser (fr), ouater (fr)
• Italian: imbottire (it), trapuntare (it)

• Spanish: acolchar (es)
• Telugu: duppati (te)

to construct sthg else with quilting technique

• Finnish: topata (fi)

See also

• batting
• pinking shears
• sew