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QUILTING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A material used for making a quilt, or a quilted fabric
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("quilting" is a kind of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Stitching through layers of fabric and a filling so as to create a design
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("quilting" is a kind of...):
embroidery stitch; sewing stitch (a stitch made with thread and a threaded sewing needle through fabric or leather)
Derivation:
quilt (create by stitching together)
quilt (stitch or sew together)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb quilt
