chenille

Examples

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• I stand around all day and talk about the washability of chenille.

  Fiction book (1998)

• This is a chenille patch, which is Applique's sporty casual cousin.

• Dollar store coffee filters, dollar store washable markers, Dollar store chenille stems.

• This comforter set features a soft chenille embroidery on both the comforter and the two included shams.

  Blog text (34)

• I hug her hard, and soon her fingers are pressing and smoothing the soft chenille ridges of my robe where she holds my shoulders.

  Fiction book (1998)

• A single bed with a white chenille cover, an unpainted wooden table with a metal lamp, a bare floor, a bureau, and a small closet curtained off from the rest of the room by material marked with those jagged peaks.

  Fiction book (1990)

• As they move into the living room, Helen, wearing Joan's chenille robe, her hair wildly askew, can be seen in the kitchen area, holding a bottle of liquor in one hand and searching through a cupboard for a glass.

  Fiction book (1992)

• And later in one of the rooms, her rumpled suit collecting cat hair, chenille threads, the odor of pork sausage and eggs for supper, she was sorry for lying, for sacrificing her mother, and wondered what if it were true.

  Fiction book (1991)

• She carefully selected chenille yarn to add texture to her knitting projects.

• The craft store had a variety of chenille trims perfect for embellishing cushions.

Synonyms

C

chenille cord

vschenille

7.3

A soft, velvety cord used for embroidery and crafts

serves mainly to trim fabrics rather than for broad craft use

Compounds

C

chenille cord

7.3

A soft, velvety cord used for embroidery and crafts

Surface Forms

Etymology