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 knit a quilt.

Derived terms

• crazy quilt
• patchwork quilt

Translations

bed covering

Bosnian: poplun (bs) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 被子 (cmn) (bèizi) Croatian: poplun (hr) m. Danish: vattæppe (da) n. Finnish: täkki (fi) French: édredon (fr) m. German: Quilt (de) m. Greek: πάπλωμα (el) n.

Italian: trapunta (it) f. Kurdish: لێفه‌ Latvian: vatēta sega (lv) Portuguese: colcha (pt) f., coberta (pt) f., edredon (pt) m. Russian: стёганое одеяло n. Serbian: poplun (sr) 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