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bombazine

UK/ˈbɒmbəziːn/

bombazine noun: a twilled or corded fabric made from silk, wool, or cotton dyed black.

Noun

bombazine (countable and uncountable, plural bombazines)

  1. A twilled or corded fabric made from silk, wool, or cotton dyed black.
    • I watched the animated widows in their bombazine dresses, capping each other's memories.2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 144

Forms of bombazine

pluralbombazines
alternative formbombasine
alternative formbombazin
alternative formbombasin

Origin of bombazine

From Middle French bombasin, from Late Latin bombasinum, ultimately from bombyx (“silkworm”).

Questions about bombazine

What does bombazine mean?
Bombazine means a twilled or corded fabric made from silk, wool, or cotton dyed black.
What part of speech is bombazine?
Bombazine is a noun.
How do you pronounce bombazine?
Bombazine is pronounced /ˈbɒmbəziːn/ (UK).
What is the plural of bombazine?
The plural of bombazine is bombazines.

Words near bombazine in the dictionary

  1. bombazet
  2. bombazets
  3. bombazette
  4. bombazettes
  5. bombazin
  6. bombazine
  7. bombazines
  8. bombazins
  9. bombe
  10. Bombeckian
  11. bombed

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