Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fat quarter

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English

Syllables
fat quar-ter
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

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.

Inflected Forms

fat quarters (plural)

Questions

What does fat quarter mean?
A square piece of fabric measuring 50 centimetres along each side.
Where does fat quarter come from?
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.

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