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Venetian blind

Venetian blind noun: a blind consisting of overlapping horizontal, flat slats, usually made of metal, vinyl or wood, that can be tilted so as to let in more or less light.

Noun

Venetian blind (plural Venetian blinds)

  1. A blind consisting of overlapping horizontal, flat slats, usually made of metal, vinyl or wood, that can be tilted so as to let in more or less light.
    • The rest of the apartment was filled with that soft green light where the noon is excluded by Venetian blinds, or the still softer shadow of creeping plants:...1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VIII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 115
    • A narrow and deserted street in deep shadow, high houses, innumerable windows with Venetian blinds, a dead silence, grass sprouting between the stones, imposing carriage archways right and left, immense double doors standing ponderously ajar.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 199
    Synonyms:
    Venetian, jill-mill

Venetian blind meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Tagalog and Myanmar

Venetian blind in Tamil

வெனிசுத்திரை, மறைதிரை, வெனிசு மூடுதிரை

Venetian blind in Urdu

چلمن, چق, جھلملی

Venetian blind in Tagalog

blind consisting of overlapping horizontal slats
benesyana

Venetian blind in Myanmar

blind consisting of overlapping horizontal slats
တရုတ်ကတ် ta.rutkat

Synonyms of Venetian blind

Forms of Venetian blind

pluralVenetian blinds
alternative formvenetian blind

Questions about Venetian blind

What does Venetian blind mean?
Venetian blind means a blind consisting of overlapping horizontal, flat slats, usually made of metal, vinyl or wood, that can be tilted so as to let in more or less light.
What is Venetian blind in Tamil?
Venetian blind in Tamil is வெனிசுத்திரை, மறைதிரை, வெனிசு மூடுதிரை. See Venetian blind meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Venetian blind?
Venetian blind is a noun.
What is the plural of Venetian blind?
The plural of Venetian blind is Venetian blinds.

Words near Venetian blind in the dictionary

  1. Venetan
  2. Veneti
  3. Venetia
  4. venetian
  5. Venetian Albania
  6. Venetian blind
  7. Venetian blinds
  8. Venetian blue
  9. Venetian blues
  10. Venetian ceruse
  11. Venetian cloth

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