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chiffons

chiffons is the plural of chiffon.

Meaning of chiffon

Noun

chiffon (countable and uncountable, plural chiffons)

  1. A lightweight, balanced plain-woven sheer fabric, or gauze, like gossamer, woven of alternate S- and Z-twist crepe (high-twist) yarns made of silk, polyester, or cotton.
    • Her dresses are made from these marvelous chiffons.
  2. Any purely ornamental accessory on a woman's dress, such as a bunch of ribbon, lace, etc.

Phrases with chiffons

Questions about chiffons

What is chiffons the plural of?
Chiffons is the plural of chiffon.

Words near chiffons in the dictionary

  1. chiffonier
  2. chiffoniers
  3. chiffonlike
  4. chiffonnier
  5. chiffonniers
  6. chiffons
  7. chiffony
  8. chifforobe
  9. chifforobes
  10. chiffre
  11. chiffres

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chiffons (page history and authors); chiffon (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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