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quilt

noun as in thick bedcovering made of patches

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Historical photographs on view in the exhibition show a crazy quilt of painting and sculpture.

The final product is an appropriately “salmon” colored quilt.

Like a  patchwork quilt we can cherry pick from the holiday the parts that nurture our well worn hearts.

On another wall was hung a gaily colored quilt made by Harris.

The only problem is that I almost never see a new quilt that seems worthy of being so taken.

Zeal had undressed, extended himself on the bed, and covered his body with an eider-down quilt.

His grandfather submitted, and Gwynne dropped his arm and rearranged the quilt over his cousin's body.

Our attention was attracted to three or four windows that looked much like the crazy-quilt work that used to be in fashion.

He sat down on the side of the cheap, iron bedstead, and emptied his pockets on the top quilt.

Above, in the lower lofts, every conceivable human oddity was assembled in a sort of mercantile crazy quilt.

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On this page you'll find 21 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to quilt, such as: bedspread, blanket, comforter, counterpane, cover, and coverlet.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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