chambray
UK/ˈʃɒmbɹeɪ/US/ˈʃæmbɹeɪ/
chambray noun: a soft fabric woven with a white weft and coloured warp.
Noun
chambray (countable and uncountable, plural chambrays)
- A soft fabric woven with a white weft and coloured warp.
- She lies wrapped in a book muslin bedgown, a chambray gauze shift, and a french net nightcap.1793, Jane Austen, “A beautiful description of the different effects of Sensibility on different Minds”, in Juvenilia
- I had bought some jeans and a couple of blue chambray workshirts to replace the kitchen-whites, but such clothes weren't nearly enough.2012, Stephen King, 11/22/63, page 787
Forms of chambray
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Origin of chambray
From French cambrai (“cambric”), and its source, Cambrai, the city in France where it originated; probably with alteration after chamber.
Questions about chambray
- What does chambray mean?
- Chambray means a soft fabric woven with a white weft and coloured warp.
- What part of speech is chambray?
- Chambray is a noun.
- How do you pronounce chambray?
- Chambray is pronounced /ˈʃɒmbɹeɪ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of chambray?
- The plural of chambray is chambrays.
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