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moire
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun moire has 1 sense
- moire(n = noun.artifact) watered-silk - silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern; Array is a kind of cloth, fabric, material, textile
Derived form adjective moire1
Adjective moire has 1 sense
- moire(s = adj.all) watered - (of silk fabric) having a wavelike pattern; Array Derived form noun moire1
CIDE DICTIONARY
moire, n. [F. Cf. Mohair.].
- Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat; afterwards, any textile fabric to which a watered appearance is given in the process of calendering. [1913 Webster]
- A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance produced upon either textile fabrics or metallic surfaces; moi`ré. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
moire, n. (in full moire antique) watered fabric, orig. mohair, now usu. silk.
Etymology
F (earlier mouaire) f. MOHAIR
THESAURUS
moire
Dalmatian, antigorite, burele, butterfly, candy cane, chameleon, chatoyant, cheetah, chrysotile, confetti, crazy quilt, firedog, harlequin, iridal, iridescent, iridial, iridian, iris, irisated, irised, jaguar, leopard, mackerel, mackerel sky, marble, marbled paper, mother-of-pearl, nacre, nacred, nacreous, nacry, ocelot, opal, opalescent, opaline, opaloid, ophite, patchwork quilt, pavonian, pavonine, peacock, pearlish, pearly, rainbow, rainbowlike, rainbowy, serpentine, serpentine marble, shot silk, spectrum, tortoise shell, tortoise-shell, zebra
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