fat quarter

noun

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

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Meanings

nounfat quarter (plural fat quarters)

plural fat quarters

  1. businessA square piece of fabric measuring 50 centimetres along each side.

Origin

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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APA

fat quarter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fat%20quarter

MLA

“fat quarter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fat%20quarter. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fat quarter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fat%20quarter.

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