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 Definitions of quilt  [ɪlt]  

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Definition of 'quilt' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) quilt
a coverlet for a bed, made of two layers of fabric with some soft substance between them and stitched in patterns through all thicknesses to prevent the filling from shifting.

2.  quilt
anything quilted or resembling a quilt.

3. (v.t.) quilt
to stitch together (two pieces of cloth and a soft interlining), usu. in an ornamental pattern.

4.  quilt
to sew or stitch with patterns like those of quilts.

5.  quilt
to pad or line with material.

6. (v.i.) quilt
to make quilts or quilted work.

Etymology:  (1250–1300; ME quilte < OF cuilte < L culcita mattress, cushion)

Definition of 'quilt' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) quilt, comforter, comfort, puff
bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

2. (verb) quilt
stitch or sew together
"quilt the skirt"

3. (verb) quilt
create by stitching together


Definition of 'quilt' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) quilt
a blanket made of many pieces of cloth stitched in patterns
***a colorful quilt

2.  quilt
comforter
***Put another quilt on the bed.


Definition of 'quilt' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) quilt
anything that is quilted; esp., a quilted bed cover, or a skirt worn by women; any cover or garment made by putting wool, cotton, etc., between two cloths and stitching them together; also, any outer bed cover

2. (verb) quilt
to stitch or sew together at frequent intervals, in order to confine in place the several layers of cloth and wadding of which a garment, comforter, etc., may be made; as, to quilt a coat

3. (verb) quilt
to wad, as a garment, with warm soft material

4. (verb) quilt
to stitch or sew in lines or patterns


Translation of 'quilt' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a bedcover filled with down, feathers etc.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kwilt Arabic flag Arabic: لِحاف Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: юрган
Brazilian flag Brazilian: edredom Czech flag Czech: prošívaná přikrývka German flag German: die Steppdecke
Danish flag Danish: vattæppe Greek flag Greek: πάπλωμα γεμισμένο με πούπ Spanish flag Spanish: edredón
Estonian flag Estonian: suletekk, vatitekk Farsi flag Farsi: لحاف Finnish flag Finnish: peite
French flag French: édredon Hebrew flag Hebrew: שְׂמִיכַת פּוּך Hindi flag Hindi: रजाई
Croatian flag Croatian: poplun Hungarian flag Hungarian: paplan Indonesian flag Indonesian: selimut berlapis kapas, b
Icelandic flag Icelandic: vatterað rúmteppi Italian flag Italian: trapunta, piumone Japanese flag Japanese: 羽ぶとん
Korean flag Korean: 누비이불 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: daigstyta antklodė Latvian flag Latvian: dūnu sega; pēlis
Malay flag Malay: kuilt Dutch flag Dutch: gewatteerde deken Norwegian flag Norwegian: lappeteppe, vattert teppe
Polish flag Polish: kołdra Persian flag Persian: لحاف Pashto flag Pashto: بړستن، تلتك
Portuguese flag Portuguese: edredon Romanian flag Romanian: cuvertură Russian flag Russian: стёганое одеяло
Slovak flag Slovak: prešívaná prikrývka Slovenian flag Slovenian: odeja Serbian flag Serbian: jorgan
Swedish flag Swedish: [dun]täcke Thai flag Thai: ผ้านวมคลุมเตียง Turkish flag Turkish: yorgan
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 羽毛被 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: пухова ковдра Urdu flag Urdu: توشک، رضائی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: mền bông; chăn Chinese flag Chinese: 被子(棉羽绒被)

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