SWATCH

swatch

(noun) a sample piece of cloth

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

swatch (plural swatches)

A piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth or a similar material.

A selection of such samples bound together.

(figuratively) A clump or portion of something.

(figuratively) A demonstration, an example, a proof.

(Northern England, obsolete) A tag or other small object attached to another item as a means of identifying its owner; a tally; specifically the counterfoil of a tally.

Verb

swatch (third-person singular simple present swatches, present participle swatching, simple past and past participle swatched)

To create a swatch, especially a sample of knitted fabric.

Etymology 2

Noun

swatch (plural swatches)

(UK) A channel or passage of water between sandbanks, or between a sandbank and a seashore.

Etymology

Proper noun

Swatch

A brand of relatively cheap Swiss analog watches

Source: Wiktionary


Swatch, n.

1. A swath. [Obs.] Tusser.

2. A piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth. Halliwell. Jamieson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.

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