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DAMASK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fabric of linen or cotton or silk or wool with a reversible pattern woven into it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("damask" is a kind of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
Derivation:
damask (having a woven pattern)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A table linen made from linen with a damask pattern
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("damask" is a kind of...):
napery; table linen (linens for the dining table)
Derivation:
damask (having a woven pattern)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a woven pattern
Example:
damask table linens
Classified under:
Similar:
fancy (not plain; decorative or ornamented)
Derivation:
damask (a fabric of linen or cotton or silk or wool with a reversible pattern woven into it)
damask (a table linen made from linen with a damask pattern)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb damask
