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WATERED-SILK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does watered-silk mean?
• WATERED-SILK (noun)
The noun WATERED-SILK has 1 sense:
1. silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern
Familiarity information: WATERED-SILK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
moire; watered-silk
Hypernyms ("watered-silk" is a kind of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
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