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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
/ ˈæɪٰɪ /
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
- ˈٲٰ, adjective
- ˈٲٰ-ˌ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ٲIJ·ٰ· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tapestry1
Example Sentences
Forget forced perspective tricks; this is a full-scale mini city complete with multiple eateries, elegant shops, wind-torn tapestries and domed palaces.
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.”
“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.
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