madras
/məˈdɹæs//məˈdɹæs/
madras noun: a brightly colored cotton fabric with a checked or striped pattern. Also the alternative form of Madras.
Noun (1)
madras (countable and uncountable, plural madrases)
- A brightly colored cotton fabric with a checked or striped pattern.
- A black woman in blue cotton gown, red-and-yellow Madras turban […] crouched against the wall.1887, G. W. Cable, “Au Large”, in Scribner's Monthly, volume 35, page 90
- The service makes available, during limited weekend hours, a handful of the company’s items—cargo shorts, tank tops, and the like—to the Hamptons house guest who discovers that he can’t make it to Monday without purchasing one of those weird madras patchwork blazers2004 August 30, The New Yorker, page 38
- A large handkerchief of this fabric, worn on the head in the West Indies.
Proper noun capitalized: Madras
Madras
- Former name of Chennai: the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, India.
- Synonyms:
- Chennai
- A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Oregon, United States.
Noun (2) capitalized: Madras
Madras (countable and uncountable, plural Madrases)
- A style of curry dish purported to originate from the Madras region.
- I’ll have the chicken Madras.
Also used as
madras is also the alternative form of Madras.
madras meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Odia
madras in Tamil
- மதராஸ்
madras in Bengali
- মাদ্রাজ
madras in Telugu
- మద్రాసు
madras in Odia
- ମାଡ୍ରାସ, ମାଡ୍ରାସ୍
More languagesFewer languages
- madras in Nepali
- मदरास
Synonyms of madras
Forms of madras
| plural | madrases |
|---|---|
| plural | Madrases |
Origin of madras
From Madras, former name of the Indian city Chennai, where it was first produced.
The etymology is uncertain; it may derive from Madraspattinam. See Wikipedia for several possible etymologies.
Words formed from madras
Words that rhyme with madras
39 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- bagasse
- Corinthian brass
- cuirass
- en masse
- frass
- Lefkas
- morass
- Pendergrass
- volte-face
- wass
- world-class
- adder's grass
- alas
- asse
- bamboo grass
- chasse
- das
- dass
- dogtooth grass
- flyaway grass
- hey pass
- Inner Brass
- khalass
- khalassed
- lac
- lift pass
- low mass
- Neptune grass
- outclass
- Outer Brass
- Ratass
- rockmass
- saas
- shass
- tass
- tasse
- thass
- wassed
- wrasse
Questions about madras
- What does madras mean?
- Madras means a brightly colored cotton fabric with a checked or striped pattern.
- What is madras in Tamil?
- Madras in Tamil is மதராஸ். See Madras meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is madras?
- Madras can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce madras?
- Madras is pronounced /məˈdɹæs/.
- What is the plural of madras?
- The plural of madras is madrases.
Words near madras in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: madras (page history and authors); Madras (page history and authors); madras (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); madras (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); madras (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); madras (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); madras (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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