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swatch

[ swoch ]

noun

  1. a sample of cloth or other material.
  2. a sample, patch, or characteristic specimen of anything.


swatch

/ ɒʃ /

noun

  1. a sample of cloth
  2. a number of such samples, usually fastened together in book form
  3. printing
    1. a small sample of colour supplied to the printer for matching during printing
    2. a sample of ink spread on paper by a printer to check the accuracy of a required colour
“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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of swatch1

First recorded in 1505–15; akin to switch
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Word History and Origins

Origin of swatch1

C16: Scottish and northern English, of uncertain origin
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The prestige TV age is the product of creators willing to play with the rules of physics in unexpected ways, thanks to the man who made a broader swatch of the small screen seductively Lynchian.

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But that paradigm was upended Tuesday night, as a wide swatch of lower elevation Santa Monica was put under an evacuation warning.

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It was nominated for seven Grammys, referenced in the US presidential election, turned into a paint swatch, and named "word of the year" by Collins Dictionary.

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He taught himself on a small loom, creating intricate swatches of fabric, before expanding into ready-to-wear and formally launching his brand in 2020.

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Of those, 14 are fully painted, 10 are in varying stages of completion, seven are covered in paint swatches and two are haphazardly skim-coated.

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