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cambric

/ˈkæm.bɹɪk/

cambric noun: a finely woven fabric made originally from linen but often now from cotton.

cambric: a finely woven fabric made originally from linen but often now from cotton
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Noun

cambric (countable and uncountable, plural cambrics)

  1. A finely woven fabric made originally from linen but often now from cotton.
    • Could a Taff'ta ſcarf, a long Eſtridge vvhing, / A ſtiffe Iron Doublet, and a Brazeel Pole / Tempt thee from Cambrick ſheets, fine active Thighs, / From Caudles vvhere the precious Amber ſvvims?1634 (first performance), William D’avenant [i.e., William Davenant], The Wits: A Comedie; […], published 1636; republished in Two Excellent Plays: […], London: […] G. Bedel, and T[homas] Collins...
    • Scotch cambric, now largely manufactured, is a kind of imitation cambric, made from fine hard-twisted cotton.1851 George Dodd, Charles Knight - Knight's Cyclopædia of the industry of all nations, 1851
    Synonyms:
    batiste

Adjective capitalized: Cambric

Cambric (comparative more Cambric, superlative most Cambric)

  1. Synonym of Cambrian
    • the Cambric nation
    Synonyms:
    Cambrian

cambric meaning in Tamil

cambric in Tamil

கேம்பிரிக்கு

Synonyms of cambric

Forms of cambric

Noun
pluralcambrics
alternative formcambrick
alternative formcambricke
Adjective
comparativemore Cambric
superlativemost Cambric

Origin of cambric

From Cambrai, a French commune where it was manufactured.

Words formed from cambric

Questions about cambric

What does cambric mean?
Cambric means a finely woven fabric made originally from linen but often now from cotton.
What is cambric in Tamil?
Cambric in Tamil is கேம்பிரிக்கு. See Cambric meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cambric?
Cambric can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce cambric?
Cambric is pronounced /ˈkæm.bɹɪk/.
What is the plural of cambric?
The plural of cambric is cambrics.

Words near cambric in the dictionary

  1. Cambrian Mountains
  2. Cambrian Park
  3. Cambrian symbol
  4. Cambrian symbols
  5. Cambrians
  6. cambric
  7. cambric tea
  8. cambrick
  9. cambricke
  10. cambrickes
  11. cambricks

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cambric (page history and authors); Cambric (page history and authors); cambric (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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