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    swatch
    /swôCH/

    noun

    • 1. a small sample of fabric intended to demonstrate the look of a larger piece: "color swatches"

    verb

    • 1. apply a sample of (paint, makeup, etc.) to a surface or one's skin to test or demonstrate the color: "I got the polishes yesterday, and I've swatched them all"

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  2. a small piece of cloth that is used to show customers an example of the colour and type of cloth available for curtains, furniture, etc.: The site lets consumers select from online fabric swatches. (Definition of swatch from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

  3. 1. a. : a sample piece (as of fabric) or a collection of samples. b. : a characteristic specimen. 2. : patch. 3. : a small collection. 4. : swath sense 2. Examples of swatch in a Sentence. She looked at fabric swatches to select material for the drapes.

  4. noun. a sample of cloth or other material. a sample, patch, or characteristic specimen of anything. swatch. / swɒtʃ / noun. a sample of cloth. a number of such samples, usually fastened together in book form. printing. a small sample of colour supplied to the printer for matching during printing.

  5. a small piece of cloth that is used to show customers an example of the colour and type of cloth available for curtains, furniture, etc.: The site lets consumers select from online fabric swatches. (Definition of swatch from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

  6. noun. 1. a sample of cloth. 2. a number of such samples, usually fastened together in book form. 3. printing. a. a small sample of colour supplied to the printer for matching during printing. b. a sample of ink spread on paper by a printer to check the accuracy of a required colour. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.

  7. 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).

  8. A swatch is a small piece of fabric that's used as a sample. If you're considering buying a purple velvet couch, you can order a swatch to see if it's really going to match your living room rug.

  9. noun. A sample piece of cloth or other material. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A representative portion; a sample. Quoted swatches of the speech in his article. American Heritage. A small amount or number in a cluster, bunch, or patch. Webster's New World. A strip or swath of land. American Heritage. Synonyms: fragment. pattern. sample.

  10. Definition of swatch noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  11. swatch meaning, definition, what is swatch: a small piece of cloth that people can l...: Learn more.

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