Thesaurus: moire
Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat; afterwards, any textile fabric to which a watered appearance is given in the process of calendering.
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- n. Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat; afterwards, any textile fabric to which a watered appearance is given in the process of calendering.
- n. A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance produced upon either textile fabrics or metallic surfaces.
- adj. (of silk fabric) having a wavelike pattern
- n. silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern
- 1. Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat; afterwards, any textile fabric to which a watered appearance is given in the process of calendering. 2. A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance produced upon either textile fabrics or metallic surfaces. Moire antique, a superior kind of thick moire.
- n:100 n. silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern s. (of silk fabric) having a wavelike pattern