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noun

Definition of quiltnext
as in comforter

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verb

as in to crochet

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Recent Examples of quilt
Noun
Best Amazon Prime Member-Only Bedding Deals Prime members will love these bedding deals on quilt sets, throw blankets, cooling comforters, and more. — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2026 In 2020 the National AIDS Memorial completed a digitization project so that anyone can view the quilt online. — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
Before there was body doubling, there were quilting bees, Trappist monasteries, and, presumably, colonoscopy-prep parties. — Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 15 June 2026 Freedom quilts with those shapes were sometimes used as maps. — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for quilt
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quilt
  1. comforter
  2. crochet
  3. bedspread
  4. knit
  5. coverlet
  6. embroider
  7. puff
  8. counterpane
Noun
  • For those who run warm, there’s the Buffy Cloud cooling comforter.
    — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The bed is comfortable and cozy, with a Sferra blanket, Egyptian cotton sheets, and down comforter.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of comforter
Verb
  • Charlene Catalano was looking for a ball of green-and-white yarn to crochet this year's winter scarf.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Some stylists braid the natural hair, then wrap hair extensions around each braid, while others braid cornrows and crochet the faux locs onto the natural hair with a latch hook.
    — Amira Rasool, InStyle, 8 June 2026
Definition of crochet
Noun
  • The 135 rooms are equally over-the-top, with heavy brocade bedspreads, striped carpeting, floral wallpaper, and, in the bathrooms, a black-and-white honeycomb floor and banana-yellow wall tiles.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Pair it with flowy curtains, plush bedspreads, and neutral furniture.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of bedspread
Verb
  • As media audiences fall apart, one analytics company hopes to knit some of them back together.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The fleece and knit offering reworks Lucky Brand’s eclectic Americana details through the Madhappy lens.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of knit
Noun
  • Smith hung an oversized Nelson Angled Sphere Bubble Pendant above a custom teak bed with a speckled bouclé headboard and a drapey saffron velvet coverlet for a tranquil effect.
    — Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026
  • For the bed itself, comforters, coverlets and sheets from Riley Home can make your bed feel luxurious.
    — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of coverlet
Verb
  • Vintage shearling scraps sourced from Vinted and embroidered squirrel motifs extended the collection’s irreverent approach.
    — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The blurry photo features Langley showing off her toned body in a yellow string bikini with Palm Trees embroidered on them.
    — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of embroider
Noun
  • The padding is generally offered in three weights to suit a range of designs from ultra-light jackets to high puff parkas.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Then a judge had to order the state to rewrite its puff-piece ballot description into something that says what the amendment will actually do.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of puff
Noun
  • Beneath wall text describing Báthory’s ghoulish crimes and her macabre punishment, bloody mannequins in nightshirts, one with its throat hideously cut, sprawl across a counterpane.
    — Sam Lipsyte, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022
Definition of counterpane

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