swatch

swatch

S0934800 (swŏch)n.1. A sample strip cut from a piece of material.2. A representative portion; a sample: quoted swatches of the speech in his article.3. A strip or swath of land: "I ... drove through this hilly swatch of field and forest that wraps around the east and north of town" (Jean Anderson). "Stunning swatches of sprouting green wheat fields added a brief flash of life to the bleached landscape" (Terence Ward).

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swatch

(swɒtʃ) n1. (Textiles) a sample of cloth2. (Textiles) a number of such samples, usually fastened together in book form3. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing a. a small sample of colour supplied to the printer for matching during printingb. a sample of ink spread on paper by a printer to check the accuracy of a required colour[C16: Scottish and northern English, of uncertain origin]

swatch

(swɒtʃ)

n. 1. a sample of cloth or other material. 2. a characteristic specimen of anything. [1640–50; of obscure orig.]

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swatch - a sample piece of cloth piece of cloth, piece of material - a separate part consisting of fabric

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