swatch

Examples

• All

• Willow had a thin face and dark hair with an impertinent swatch of white near her temple.

  Fiction book (1998)

• We're picking out paint swatches for the walls this week.

  Molly Burke

• Maybe I should paint a larger swatch or try another wall.

  Juno (2007)

• It's only two colors, but with the detail of the swatch, two colors are really all you need.

  Blog text (26)

• I turned in all directions, searching for a swatch of color.

  Fiction book (1994)

• So let me just show you these swatches on the back of my hand.

  Wayne Goss

• Here is a nice Swatch of this Gucci Beauty blush.

  Julia Adams MUA

• Traffic was light on the Coast Highway, and the ocean glimmered like a great swatch of silver- and gold-sequined cloth.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Over a shapely arm was draped a swatch of flowered stuff that fluttered in the evening breeze.

  Fiction book (1993)

• A large birthmark colored his forehead like a swatch of rust or faded vermilion.

  Fiction book (1994)

Synonyms

P

piece of cloth

vsswatch

7 1.0

A small piece cut from a larger material used to make or fix clothes

is a small sample used to show colour texture or pattern

S

swatch of fabric

vsswatch

1 3.5

A small piece of cloth to show color, feel, or pattern before you buy it

is a broader small sample used to show colour and texture beyond purchases

Compounds

S

swatch of fabric

1 3.5

A small piece of cloth to show color, feel, or pattern before you buy it

How Big

bolt

• Specialized

10 5.7

panel

322 3.6

swatch

12 5.9

scrap

179 2.1

Surface Forms

Etymology