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fat quarter

fat quarter noun: a square piece of fabric measuring 50 centimetres along each side.

Noun

fat quarter (plural fat quarters)

  1. A square piece of fabric measuring 50 centimetres along each side.

Forms of fat quarter

pluralfat quarters

Origin of fat quarter

The piece is made by folding a metre-square piece of fabric into quarters and cutting along the folds; it is fat in comparison with a quarter of a metre off the roll, which would be a long thin piece only 25 centimetres wide.

Questions about fat quarter

What does fat quarter mean?
Fat quarter means a square piece of fabric measuring 50 centimetres along each side.
What part of speech is fat quarter?
Fat quarter is a noun.
What is the plural of fat quarter?
The plural of fat quarter is fat quarters.

Words near fat quarter in the dictionary

  1. fat pad
  2. fat pad sign
  3. fat pad signs
  4. fat pads
  5. fat pants
  6. fat quarter
  7. fat quarters
  8. fat rascal
  9. fat rascals
  10. fat sandwich
  11. fat sandwiches

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