How to pronounce swatch
American English pronunciation
SWAHCH
- IPA
- /ˈswɑtʃ/
- Syllables
- SWAHCH (1 syllable)
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What swatch means
A small sample piece of cloth
In a sentence: Mom held a swatch of blue cloth up to the couch to see if the colors matched.
Where it comes from: It began as a dialect word in northern England, where by 1512 it meant the stub of a tally. Where it came from before that is unknown.
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