quilt
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quilt
- /ˈkwɪlt/
- [ˈkʰwɪlt]
Rhymes with -ɪlt
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English quilte, quylte, from Anglo-Norman quilte and Old French coilte, cuilte (compare French couette), from Latin culcita. Doublet of quoit.
noun quilts
- 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.
- A roll of material with sound-absorbing properties, used in soundproofing.
- A quilted skirt worn by women.
- Something composed of a variety of stitched-together parts; a patchwork. Her humor was as bawdy as ever, and evenly placed throughout. Early on […] she alternated alternated jokes and stanzas, providing a wonderful quilt of her musical and story-telling talents.
verb quilts · quilting · quilted
- To construct a quilt.
- To construct something, such as clothing, using the same technique. Get up, get up for shame, the blooming morne / Upon her wings presents the god unshorne. / See how Aurora throwes her faire / Fresh-quilted colours through the aire; / Get up, sweet slug-a-bed, and see / The dew bespangling herbe and tree.
- To beat or thrash. I am glad, said Mr. Slick, that cussed critter, that schoolmaster, hasn't yet woke up. I'm most afeerd if he had aturned out afore we started, I should have quilted him, for that talk of his last night sticks in my crop considerable hard.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: puff, comforter, blanket, covers, patchwork, rug, cover, throw, game, coverage, item, pieced, bedspread, coverlet, counterpane, coverlid
Translations
Every language
noun bed covering
| Español | colcha, edredón, acolchado, plumón, cubrelecho, cuilta |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 掛け布団 kakebuton, 衾 fusuma |
| 中文 | 被子 bèizi, 衾 qīn |
| Português | colcha, edredom, edredão, frouxel |
| Français | édredon, couette, courtepointe |
| Deutsch | Steppdecke, Quilt, Federbett, Daunendecke, Duvet |
| Italiano | trapunta |
| Ελληνικά | πάπλωμα páploma |
| Română | plapumă |
| Русский | пери́на perína, стёганое полотно stjóganoje polotno, стёганая ткань stjóganaja tkanʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | duvet |
verb to construct a quilt
| Español | acolchar |
|---|---|
| Français | matelasser, ouater |
| Italiano | imbottire, trapuntare |
Talk about this word "quilt." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/quilt. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. quilt. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/quilt "quilt." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/quilt.Cite this
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title = {quilt},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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