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brocade

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nounverb
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As a noun, brocade means a thick heavy fabric into which raised patterns have been woven, originally in gold and silver. As a verb, it means decorate fabric with raised woven patterns.

Meanings of brocade

7 meanings

noun

  1. A thick heavy fabric into which raised patterns have been woven, originally in gold and silver; more recently any cloth incorporating raised, woven patterns.

  2. An item decorated with brocade.

  3. Any of several species of noctuid moths such as some species in the genera Calophasia and Hadena

  4. metaphoricA decorative pattern.

  5. Thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern

verb

  1. To decorate fabric with raised woven patterns.

  2. Weave a design into (textiles)

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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