seersucker
UK/ˈsɪəˌsʌk.ə/US/ˈsɪɹˌsʌk.ɚ/
seersucker noun: a thin, all-cotton fabric, commonly striped, used to make clothing for summer wear.
Noun
seersucker (countable and uncountable, plural seersuckers)
- A thin, all-cotton fabric, commonly striped, used to make clothing for summer wear.
- I saw merely a lank, commonplace, and simple-looking farmer, going about his chores in faded blue overalls, a seersucker shirt, and a straw hat of the kind that is called a "cow's breakfast."1919, Harvey J. O'Higgins, “Benjamin McNeil Murdock”, in From the Life
- Synonyms:
- hickory stripe, railroad stripe
- An article made from such fabric.
seersucker meaning in Persian
seersucker in Persian
- Translations
- شیرشکری širšakari
Synonyms of seersucker
Forms of seersucker
| plural | seersuckers |
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Origin of seersucker
From Hindi शीरशक्कर (śīrśakkar), from Persian شیر و شکر (šir o šekar, literally “milk and sugar”), modified by folk etymology, originally alluding to the smooth (“milk”) and rough (“sugar”) surface of the stripes.
Questions about seersucker
- What does seersucker mean?
- Seersucker means a thin, all-cotton fabric, commonly striped, used to make clothing for summer wear.
- What is seersucker in Persian?
- Seersucker in Persian is شیرشکری (širšakari). See Seersucker meaning in Persian.
- What part of speech is seersucker?
- Seersucker is a noun.
- How do you pronounce seersucker?
- Seersucker is pronounced /ˈsɪɹˌsʌk.ɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of seersucker?
- The plural of seersucker is seersuckers.
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