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swatch
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swatch  (swch)
n.
1. A sample strip cut from a piece of material.
2. A representative portion; a sample: quoted swatches of the speech in his article.
3. A strip or swath of land: "I . . . drove through this hilly swatch of field and forest that wraps around the east and north of town" (Jean Anderson).
[Origin unknown.]
swatch [swɒtʃ]
n
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a sample of cloth
2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a number of such samples, usually fastened together in book form
3. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing
a.  a small sample of colour supplied to the printer for matching during printing
b.  a sample of ink spread on paper by a printer to check the accuracy of a required colour
[Scottish and northern English, of uncertain origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.swatch - a sample piece of clothswatch - a sample piece of cloth              
piece of cloth, piece of material - a separate part consisting of fabric
Translations
swatch [swɒtʃ] N (Textiles) → muestra f
swatch
n → (Textil)muster nt; (= collection of samples) → Musterbuch nt
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