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silk shag

silk shag noun: a coarse, rough-woven silk, like plush, but with a stiffer nap.

Noun

silk shag (countable and uncountable, plural silk shags)

  1. A coarse, rough-woven silk, like plush, but with a stiffer nap.
    • Population 5,430 (more like 40,000 today), Andover is "a bustling agricultural town" with "many malt houses, and a factory for silk shag".2023 June 28, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: Alton to Exeter”, in RAIL, number 986, page 59

Forms of silk shag

pluralsilk shags

Questions about silk shag

What does silk shag mean?
Silk shag means a coarse, rough-woven silk, like plush, but with a stiffer nap.
What part of speech is silk shag?
Silk shag is a noun.
What is the plural of silk shag?
The plural of silk shag is silk shags.

Words near silk shag in the dictionary

  1. Silk Road disease
  2. silk screen
  3. silk screen effect
  4. silk screen effects
  5. silk serges
  6. silk shag
  7. silk shags
  8. silk tree
  9. silk trees
  10. silk-cotton tree
  11. silk-cotton trees

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