quilt

C2+ Topic:House & Home
US /kwɪlt/ UK /kwɪlt/
noun verb

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a padded bed covering of stitched layers, or to make one

    Grandmother sewed a patchwork quilt from old scraps of cloth.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a padded bed covering of... comforterduvetcoverletbedspreadeiderdown
Word family
Derived forms quiltingquiltedquilter

Etymology

From Old French cuilte, coute ('mattress, quilt'), from Latin culcita ('mattress, cushion').

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