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Synonyms for damask


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dam-uh sk
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdæm əsk

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Définition of damask

Origin :
  • late 14c., Damaske "cloth from Damascus," the Syrian city.
  • As in linen : noun fabric
Example sentences :
  • Take two pecks of damask rose buds, pick off the green part, and strew in the bottom of a jar a handful of large bay salt.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • The lady in the private box flung her a bouquet of damask roses.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • Thora is busy about her napery––the finest of Irish linen and damask.
  • Extract from : « An Orkney Maid » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • She went to a window, drew back the damask curtain, and gazed out.
  • Extract from : « Prudy Keeping House » by Sophie May
  • Only she twisted her damask napkin till it seemed as if she must tear it in pieces.
  • Extract from : « Columba » by Prosper Merimee
  • “That is a damask,” (the figured silk made at Damascus) she said.
  • Extract from : « The Well in the Desert » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • The rose again mantled on her cheek, but the blush was heightened to damask.
  • Extract from : « Gryll Grange » by Thomas Love Peacock
  • Shawls and ribosos of damask, laces, gowns of satin, of velvet.
  • Extract from : « Ramona » by Helen Hunt Jackson
  • She betrayed the sharpness of the wound only by a deepening of the damask flush.
  • Extract from : « The Dust Flower » by Basil King
  • "The lily and the damask rose," I heard the Squire's wife say to the Squire.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 » by Various

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