"fat quarter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: fat quarters [plural]
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. Head templates: {{en-noun}} fat quarter (plural fat quarters)
  1. (textiles) A square piece of fabric measuring 50 centimetres along each side. Categories (topical): Textiles
    Sense id: en-fat_quarter-en-noun-bIGWUlbO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles

Inflected forms

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