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# quilt

«quilt» in Mova's school dictionary: **a warm bed cover made of two layers of cloth with soft…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a quilt, quilts); verb (quilt, quilts, quilted, quilting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A quilt is a warm bed cover made of two layers of cloth with soft stuffing between them, often stitched in a pattern. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quilt/#m1)

2) A patchwork quilt is made from many small pieces of cloth sewn together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quilt/#m2)

3) (verb) To quilt means to sew layers of cloth together with stitches in lines or patterns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quilt/#m3)

4) (UK) A quilt is also another word for a duvet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quilt/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths lessons quilts are used for patterns, shapes, symmetry and area: a quilt of squares in rows and columns is like an array, so rows × squares in each row = total squares. In history and stories quilts show family traditions and handmade gifts. Phrases: patchwork quilt, quilted jacket, a crazy quilt.

### examples

- Grandma made me a patchwork quilt for my birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quilt/#x1)
- The quilt has 6 rows of 8 squares, so it has 48 squares. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quilt/#x2)
- I pulled the quilt over my head because it was cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quilt/#x3)
- Each square of the quilt is a different colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quilt/#x4)
- She is quilting a cover for the new baby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quilt/#x5)
- I wore my quilted jacket in the snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quilt/#x6)
- The quilt has a pattern with a line of symmetry down the middle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quilt/#x7)
- Ida placed the flowers in the doll's bed, and drew the quilt over them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quilt/#x8)

### note

Countable: a quilt, two quilts. The "qu" sounds like "kw". In area problems, a quilt is often a rectangle made of equal squares: count rows times columns. Do not confuse quilt with guilt (feeling bad about doing wrong).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «quilt» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quilt/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.