1. a piece of embroidery worked in various stitches as a specimen of skill, typically containing the alphabet and a motto
2. a collection of representative items or examples
3. an electronic device that records and plays back short audio clips
Usage: music technology

Examples

• The antique sampler displayed the alphabet in delicate cross-stitch.
• She framed her grandmother’s embroidered sampler from 1892.
• The chocolate sampler contained six different flavors.
• The music producer used a digital sampler to create the beat.
• The wine sampler tasted each vintage carefully.
• The gift box was a sampler of the bakery’s best cookies.
• Young girls once learned needlework by creating a sampler.