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[ swoch ] / swɒtʃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR swatch ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna sample of cloth or other material. a sample, patch, or characteristic specimen of anything. Origin of swatchFirst recorded in 1505–15; akin to switch Words nearby swatchswashing, swash letter, swash plate, swastika, swat, swatch, swath, swathe, Swati, Swatow, swats Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for swatchThe swatch itself comes to the Met from the Vatican, where it seems to have landed 1,200 or more years ago. Swank Threads, 1,200 Years Old|Blake Gopnik|April 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST When all is ready, the bath is heated up, the swatch entered, and the work of the test entered upon. The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics|Franklin Beech This little bit of swatch, replied I, shewing him a paring of print not larger than two crown pieces. At War with Society or, Tales of the Outcasts|James McLevy It appeared to Archie that to swatch with the barrel man must be a highly diverting occupation. The Adventures of Billy Topsail|Norman Duncan
When all is ready the bath is heated up, the swatch put in and the work of the test entered upon. The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics|Franklin Beech No mail but a swatch of ads drenched in the season's gladness, and the janitor would never provide a wastebasket in the entry. The Trial of Callista Blake|Edgar Pangborn
British Dictionary definitions for swatch
nouna 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
- a sample of ink spread on paper by a printer to check the accuracy of a required colour
Word Origin for swatchC16: Scottish and northern English, of uncertain origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to swatchpattern, example |