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fat quarter

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles

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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.