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Corduroy is a cotton fabric with ribs running lengthwise. There are two types of corduroy named according to the width of the ribbing: wide-wale and pin-wale.
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Cole, C. W. (2016). Corduroy. In Academic World Book.
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Sentence with word corduroy?
Corduroy is a thick cotton fabric with velvety ribs.
What part of speech is velvety?
The noun 'velvet' is an uncountable, common, concrete noun; a word for soft fabric having a smooth, dense pile and a plain underside; a word for a thing.The plural noun 'velvets' is reserved specifically for 'types of' or 'kinds of', for example, 'velvets of cotton and silk'.
How do you use the word velvety in a sentence?
The lynx's fur was ssoft and velvety feeling.
What is an example sentence for the word ribbed?
The boy ribbed the couch.
What is the suffix for the word velvet?
Velvety. It may not seem like a word, but it is.
Was corduroy only allowed to be worn by French kings?
No, the idea that the word derives from corde du roi is simply not true. It is what it known as folk etymology. The term derives from the old English cord + duroy: cord = ribbed fabric, duroy = a 17th century coarse worsted fabric made in England.
What is the Greek word for fabric?
The greek word for fabric is hifasma [ύφασμα]
What does the word ribbed mean?
Something built with rib like structures. Such as the frame of a row boat may have ribs in it to give it support. Ribbed also means teased or joked.
Can you find A sentence with the word weave?
weave pattern was created by applying chemical dyes mixed with rice paste through stencils on to the surface of the woven fabric.
What is a five letter word that means twilled fabric?
Serge is a twilled fabric, but not all twilled fabric is serge - so it doesn't "mean" twilled fabric. The word "serge" comes from the Latin for 'silk'.
What is a four-letter word meaning smooth fabric?
You iron to smooth fabric.
What is another word for reticulum?
fabric
