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- DictionaryDam·ask/ˈdaməsk/
noun
- 1. a figured woven fabric with a pattern visible on both sides, typically used for table linen and upholstery: "the walls are covered with faded red damask"
- 2. short for damask rose
adjective
- 1. made of or resembling damask: "the satinlike finish of these damask napkins"
verb
- 1. decorate with or as if with a variegated pattern: literary "flowers damask the fragrant seat"
DAMASK definition: 1. a type of heavy cloth that has a pattern woven into it that is the same colour as the cloth: 2…. Learn more.
n. 1. an elaborately patterned, usu. reversible fabric of linen, silk, cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers, woven on a Jacquard loom. 2. a. Damascus steel. b. the wavy appearance of such steel. 3. the pink color of the damask rose. adj. 4. made of or resembling damask.
DAMASK meaning: 1. a type of heavy cloth that has a pattern woven into it that is the same colour as the cloth: 2…. Learn more.
Damask is a luxurious, heavy fabric that's often used to upholster furniture. Your grandparents love their new kitten so much that they don't even mind her clawing holes in their damask curtains.
damask, patterned textile, deriving its name from the fine patterned fabrics produced in Damascus (Syria) in the European Middle Ages. True damask was originally wholly of silk, but gradually the name came to be applied to a certain type of patterned fabric regardless of fibre.
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DAMASK meaning: a thick usually shiny cloth that has patterns woven into it.
