Quilt

English

Noun

Quilt (plural Quilts)

1. A bed covering consisting of two layers of fabric stitched together, with insulation between, often having a decorative design.

Derived terms

• crazy quilt
• patchwork quilt

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

Thesaurus

afghan, bed linen, bedclothes, bedcover, bedding, bedsheet, bedspread, blanket, buffalo robe, case, clothes, comfort, comfortable, comforter, contour sheet, counterpane, cover, coverlet, coverlid, eiderdown, fitted sheet, lap robe, linen, patchwork quilt, pillow slip, pillowcase, puff, robe, rug, sheet, sheeting, slip, spread

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪlt

Translations

Noun

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

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