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grosgrains

grosgrains is the plural of grosgrain.

Meaning of grosgrain

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

Questions about grosgrains

What is grosgrains the plural of?
Grosgrains is the plural of grosgrain.

Words near grosgrains in the dictionary

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

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