quilt C2+ Topic:House & Home US /kwɪlt/ UK /kwɪlt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a padded bed covering of stitched layers, or to make one Grandmother sewed a patchwork quilt from old scraps of cloth. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a padded bed covering of... comforterduvetcoverletbedspreadeiderdown Word family Derived forms quiltingquiltedquilter Common collocations patchwork quilt Noun + noun crazy quilt Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Old French cuilte, coute ('mattress, quilt'), from Latin culcita ('mattress, cushion'). cuilte Old French culcita Latin View etymology graph -> Topics House & Home External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # quilt **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /kwɪlt/ **IPA (UK):** /kwɪlt/ ## Meanings 1. a padded bed covering of stitched layers, or to make one ## Examples - Grandmother sewed a patchwork quilt from old scraps of cloth. ## Synonyms - comforter - duvet - coverlet - bedspread - eiderdown ## Derived Forms - quilting - quilted - quilter ## Roots and Affixes - Root: cuilte - Root: culcita ## Etymology From Old French cuilte, coute ('mattress, quilt'), from Latin culcita ('mattress, cushion'). ## AI Etymology Quilt is from Old French cuilte, coute ('mattress, quilt'), from Latin culcita ('mattress, cushion'). Important recorded forms include cuilte (Old French) and culcita (Latin). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers a padded bed covering of stitched layers, or to make one. The wider family includes derived forms such as quilting, quilted, and quilter. ## Topics - House & Home markdown