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cashmere

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Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun cashmere has 3 senses

cashmere(n = noun.artifact) Array - a soft fabric made from the wool of the Cashmere goat; Array

cashmere(n = noun.substance) Array - the wool of the Kashmir goat; Array

is a kind of

wool

cashmere(n = noun.location) jammu and kashmir, kashmir - an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India; Array

has parts: line of control, karakoram, karakoram range, karakorum range, mustagh, mustagh range, nanga parbat

is a kind of geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region

is a part of bharat, india, republic of india, islamic republic of pakistan, pakistan, west pakistan

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CIDE DICTIONARY

cashmere, n.

A rich stuff for shawls, scarfs, etc., originally made in Cashmere from the soft wool found beneath the hair of the goats of Cashmere, Tibet, and the Himalayas. Some cashmere, of fine quality, is richly embroidered for sale to Europeans. [1913 Webster]
A dress fabric made of fine wool, or of fine wool and cotton, in imitation of the original cashmere. [1913 Webster]

Cashmere shawl, a rich and costly shawl made of cashmere; -- often called camel's-hair shawl.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

cashmere, n.
1 a fine soft wool, esp. that of a Kashmir goat.
2 a material made from this.

Etymology

Kashmir in Asia

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cashmere

Materials

N materials, material, raw material, stuff, stock, staple, adobe, brown stone, chinking, clapboard, daubing, puncheon, shake, shingle, bricks and mortar, metal, stone, clay, brick crockery, compo, composition, concrete, reinforced concrete, cement, wood, ore, timber, materials, supplies, munition, fuel, grist, household stuff pabulum, ammunition, contingents, relay, reinforcement, reenforcement, baggage, means, calico, cambric, cashmere, raw, wooden, adobe.

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