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creamlaid

creamlaid adjective: laid (marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed) and cream in colour.

Adjective

creamlaid (not comparable)

  1. Laid (marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed) and cream in colour.
    • 1 pack of 1 dozen creamlaid envelopes and feintruled ^([sic]) notepaper, watermarked […]1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 1: Telemachus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 17

Forms of creamlaid

alternative formcream-laid

Origin of creamlaid

From cream + laid.

Questions about creamlaid

What does creamlaid mean?
Creamlaid means laid (marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed) and cream in colour.
What part of speech is creamlaid?
Creamlaid is an adjective.

Words near creamlaid in the dictionary

  1. creaming sodas
  2. creaming the crop
  3. creaming up
  4. creamings
  5. creamish
  6. creamlaid
  7. creamless
  8. creamlike
  9. creamline
  10. creamlines
  11. creammaking

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