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tapestry
[ tap-uh-stree ]
noun
- a fabric consisting of a warp upon which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a design, often pictorial, used for wall hangings, furniture coverings, etc.
- a machine-woven reproduction of this.
verb (used with object)
- to furnish, cover, or adorn with tapestry.
- to represent or depict in a tapestry.
tapestry
/ ˈ³Ùæ±èɪ²õ³Ù°ùɪ /
noun
- a heavy ornamental fabric, often in the form of a picture, used for wall hangings, furnishings, etc, and made by weaving coloured threads into a fixed warp
- another word for needlepoint
- a colourful and complicated situation
the rich tapestry of London life
Derived Forms
- ˈ³Ù²¹±è±ð²õ³Ù°ù¾±±ð»å, adjective
- ˈ³Ù²¹±è±ð²õ³Ù°ù²â-ËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³Ù²¹±èIJõ·³Ù°ù²â·±ô¾±°ì±ð adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of tapestry1
Example Sentences
In contrast to computer memory, which always follows the same pattern of 1s and 0s, it's more like networks in our brain weave a new tapestry every time we think about something.
A company catalog from 1923 described the tiles as “luminous and mellow in character, somewhat akin to the quality of a piece of old tapestry.â€
“Red Scare†is a tapestry of individual dramas and miniature paranoid thrillers, each defined by the zeal of the age, a few resulting in the actual apprehension of Soviet spies.
Her commission — an 11-by-26½-foot tapestry invoking the ethereal topography of Mars — was being woven on one of the largest Jacquard looms in the world.
And he describes Liverpool as "a city that has given so much to the rich musical tapestry of this country".
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