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quilting

quilting noun: a layer or layers of quilted padding. Also the present participle and gerund of quilt.

Noun

quilting (countable and uncountable, plural quiltings)

  1. A layer or layers of quilted padding.
  2. (archaic) A coating of strands of rope for a water vessel.
  3. The practice of creating quilts

Also used as

quilting is also the present participle and gerund of quilt.

Forms of quilting

pluralquiltings

Words formed from quilting

Phrases with quilting

Questions about quilting

What does quilting mean?
Quilting means a layer or layers of quilted padding.
What part of speech is quilting?
Quilting is a noun.
What is the plural of quilting?
The plural of quilting is quiltings.

Words near quilting in the dictionary

  1. quilt shows
  2. quiltbag
  3. quilted
  4. quilter
  5. quilters
  6. quilting
  7. quilting bee
  8. quilting bees
  9. quilting needle
  10. quilting needles
  11. quiltings

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