gingham
gingham · ginghams
Gingan
A cotton fabric made from dyed and white yarn woven in checksA cotton fabric made from dyed and white yarn woven in checks.
/ˈɡɪŋ.əm/
» Wash your face and comb your hair and put on your gingham.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable)A cotton fabric made from dyed and white yarn woven in checks.
Gingan
(countable)A dress made from that material.
(UK, archaic, countable, slang, uncountable)An umbrella.
More definitions
- a clothing fabric in a plaid weave
Examples
3 sentencesWash your face and comb your hair and put on your gingham.
The gingham dog and the calico cat Side by side on the table sat.
The gingham dog went "bow-wow-wow!" And the calico cat replied "mee-ow!"
Translations
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By meaning 1
a cotton fabric made from dyed and white yarn woven in checks:
Origin
From Malay genggang (“ajar; apart”), or a corruption of French Guingamp, the name of a towFrom Malay genggang (“ajar; apart”), or a corruption of French Guingamp, the name of a town in Brittany, France, where this cloth may have been made.
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Forms
plural: ginghamsWord family
2 related wordsRelatedseersucker
Derivedginghamed
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable