Library / English Dictionary

BROCADE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("brocade" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

Derivation:

brocade (weave a design into (textiles))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Weave a design into (textiles)

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "brocade" is one way to...):

tissue; weave (create a piece of cloth by interlacing strands of fabric, such as wool or cotton)

Domain category:

handicraft (a craft that requires skillful hands)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They brocade the cape

Derivation:

brocade (thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern)

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