velveteen
A cotton fabric with a short pile, resembling velvetA cotton fabric with a short pile, resembling velvet.
» Are velvet, velveteen, plush and velour the same kind of fabric?
katix824 · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A cotton fabric with a short pile, resembling velvet.
Baumwollsamt, Veloursamt, Nickistoff
вельве́тvelʹvét, плисplis, манче́стерmančéster, mančéstɛr
a usually cotton fabric with a short pile imitating velvet
Examples
2 sentencesAre velvet, velveteen, plush and velour the same kind of fabric?
It was a boy dressed in ragged velveteen breeches, and thin discoloured shirt.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From velvet + -een. Compare veloutine, from French.From velvet + -een. Compare veloutine, from French.
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Forms
plural: velveteensSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.