OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 18171

velvet

/ˈvɛlvɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
terciopelo • velludillo • velludo • veludillo • veludo
A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
For the first time since her husband's death, she had thrown off her weeds, and put on attire more suited to the occasion. She was richly, yet plainly dressed, in a purple velvet,…
She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace,[…]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […] all t…
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