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grosgrain

/ˈɡɹəʊɡɹeɪn/

grosgrain noun: a silk fabric having narrow, horizontal ribs.

Noun

grosgrain (countable and uncountable, plural grosgrains)

  1. A silk fabric having narrow, horizontal ribs.
  2. A close-woven fabric (usually made from silk or rayon) having narrow horizontal ribs.
  3. A ribbon made of this fabric.
    • He was on a leash, I realized. The grosgrain strap was wrapped around her hand.2022, Ling Ma, “Returning”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN

Forms of grosgrain

pluralgrosgrains

Origin of grosgrain

Borrowed from French gros-grain (“coarse grain, a strong fabric”), from gros (“coarse”) + grain (“grain”). Doublet of grogram, which was borrowed earlier.

Words formed from grosgrain

Questions about grosgrain

What does grosgrain mean?
Grosgrain means a silk fabric having narrow, horizontal ribs.
What part of speech is grosgrain?
Grosgrain is a noun.
How do you pronounce grosgrain?
Grosgrain is pronounced /ˈɡɹəʊɡɹeɪn/ (UK).
What is the plural of grosgrain?
The plural of grosgrain is grosgrains.

Words near grosgrain in the dictionary

  1. Grose Wold
  2. Groseclose
  3. Grosecloses
  4. Groseilliers
  5. Groses
  6. grosgrain
  7. grosgrained
  8. grosgrains
  9. Groshong
  10. Groshongs
  11. grosion

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