damask

[US]/'dæməsk/
[UK]/'dæməsk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a type of fabric with a pattern woven into it, typically with flowers or other designs; a fabric with a smooth texture and a glossy appearance
adj. relating to damask fabric or resembling its color, often a shade of pink
vt. to create a pattern on fabric while weaving it
vi. to weave a pattern on fabric

Phrases & Collocations

damask fabric

damask pattern

Example Sentences

flowers damask the fragrant seat.

Examples of fabrics woven by Jacquard techniques include damask, tapestry, brocade, brocatelle, and some bedspread fabrics.

Floor Length Evening Gown ------ This gown is made from brown silkete damask and white artificial sheepskin, creating a contrast in texture.

Computer simulation demonstrate that the proposed algorithm can adapt to the identification of several different kinds of fabric as woven, stockinet, damask and mesh fabric.

She decorated the dining room with a damask tablecloth.

The bride wore a beautiful damask gown on her wedding day.

The hotel room was furnished with damask curtains.

The damask wallpaper added elegance to the living room.

The damask pattern on the china plates was exquisite.

She bought a set of damask napkins for the dinner party.

The upholstery on the antique chair featured a damask fabric.

The luxurious hotel suite had a damask bedspread.

The damask design on the wallpaper gave the room a sophisticated look.

She chose a damask fabric for the curtains in her bedroom.

Real-world Examples

There was a wide damask covered divan in a shadowy corner, like a casting couch.

Source: Goodbye, My Love (Part 1)

A flower was in her right hand, and her left clasped an enamelled collar of white and damask roses.

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Now if we're going with the damask for the settee, then I strongly suggest that we do the couch in the chenille.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 5

Some of those marked G. H. T. were Dutch damask of the old kind, exquisitely fine; none were like them now.

Source: South and North (Middle)

We went past her into a rather narrow room with several handsome oval mirrors and gray period furniture upholstered in blue damask.

Source: The Woman at the Bottom of the Lake (Part 2)

Mr. Spence, with a darkening brow, brought his fist down emphatically on the damask. " I'll thank you not to blaspheme, my son" !

Source: People and Ghosts (Part 2)

When all the pillars were dressed in damask, five enormous bouquets of feathers had to be placed on the great baldachin above the grand altar.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Two)

There were painted white chairs, with gilding and wreaths on them, and some lingering red silk damask with slits in it.

Source: Middlemarch (Part One)

At the first glance, Phoebe saw an elderly personage, in an old-fashioned dressing-gown of faded damask, and wearing his gray or almost white hair of an unusual length.

Source: Seven-angled Tower (Part 1)

The dull-gold damask draperies which had covered the arching French windows at the back of the room were missing, and only the remnants of the lace curtains remained, clean but obviously mended.

Source: Gone with the Wind

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