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Damask

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Noun

1. damask

a table linen made from linen with a damask pattern

2. damask

a fabric of linen or cotton or silk or wool with a reversible pattern woven into it

Adjective

3. damask

having a woven pattern

Example Sentences:
'damask table linens'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Damask

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noun
1. 
a. 
a reversible fabric, usually silk or linen, with a pattern woven into it. It is used for table linen, curtains, etc
b. 
table linen made from this
c. 
(as modifier)
a damask tablecloth
2.  short for Damascus steel
3. 
the wavy markings on such steel
4. 
a. 
the greyish-pink colour of the damask rose
b. 
(as adjective)
damask wallpaper
verb
5. (transitive) another word for damascene (sense 1)

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Damask

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noun
1. 
a durable, lustrous, reversible fabric as of silk or linen, in figured weave, used for table linen, upholstery, etc.
2. 
a. 
Damascus steel
b. 
the wavy markings of such steel
3. 
deep pink or rose
adjective
4.  Obsolete
of or from Damascus
5. 
made of damask
6. 
like damask
7. 
deep-pink or rose
verb transitive
8. 
to ornament with flowered designs or wavy lines
9. 
to make deep-pink or rose

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Damask

see synonyms of damask
n.
1. A rich patterned fabric of cotton, linen, silk, or wool.
2. A fine, twilled table linen.
3. Damascus steel.
4. The wavy pattern on Damascus steel.
tr.v. dam·asked, dam·ask·ing, dam·asks
1. To damascene.
2. To decorate or weave with rich patterns.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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