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tulle

UK/tjuːl//tuːl/

tulle noun: a kind of silk lace or light netting, used for clothing, veils, etc.

tulle: a kind of silk lace or light netting, used for clothing, veils, etc
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Noun

tulle (countable and uncountable, plural tulles)

  1. A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for clothing, veils, etc.
    • Jane smiled up at him through the tulle. […] He became entangled in the tulle veil.1930, Margaret Ayer Barnes, Years of Grace, Part II, Chapter IV, pages 215, 217
    • I kept thinking of Marie Osmond — standing there at the altar, so brave in white tull ^([sic]). "Marriage isn't just for life," she said, "it's for eternity."1985 December 21, Larry Hitt, “Perfect Couple Creation”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 23, page 7

Proper noun capitalized: Tulle

IPA/ˈtuːl/

Tulle

  1. A town, the capital of Corrèze department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

Examples of tulle in a sentence

  • ‘Before I forget, there is one turquoise tulle fabric I think you would love . . .’2020, Abi Daré, The Girl With The Louding Voice, Sceptre, page 240:
  • Neer imagined Jane in tulle and leather and sequins and knew the answer.2022, Janelle Monáe, Danny Lore, “Nevermind”, in The Memory Librarian, Harper Voyager, →ISBN, page 122:

Forms of tulle

pluraltulles

Origin of tulle

Borrowed from French tulle, named after French Tulle (a town), named after Latin Tūtēla (a Roman deity), from Latin tūtēla (whence English tutelary), from Latin tueor (whence tutor, tutorial).

Unadapted borrowing from French Tulle, itself borrowed from Occitan Tula, named after Latin Tūtēla, from Latin tūtēla, from Latin tueor.

Words that rhyme with tulle

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Questions about tulle

What does tulle mean?
Tulle means a kind of silk lace or light netting, used for clothing, veils, etc.
How do you use tulle in a sentence?
‘Before I forget, there is one turquoise tulle fabric I think you would love . . .’
What part of speech is tulle?
Tulle can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce tulle?
Tulle is pronounced /tjuːl/ (UK).
What is the plural of tulle?
The plural of tulle is tulles.

Words near tulle in the dictionary

  1. Tullars
  2. tullatee
  3. tullatees
  4. tullbergiid
  5. tullbergiids
  6. tulle
  7. Tuller
  8. Tullera
  9. Tullers
  10. tulles
  11. Tullett

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