chinchilla
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- noun
- /tʃɪnˈtʃɪlə/
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piel de chinchilla
- She wore a stunning chinchilla coat that caught everyone's attention at the gala.
- chinchilla coat
- chinchilla stole
- chinchilla jacket
Examples
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You know, a man who walks around in a $50,000 chinchilla coat and never even bought me a cup of coffee.
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GINGER is swathed in the chinchilla coat.
Fiction book (1995) -
I could get that blue chinchilla coat that I wanted!
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If you want this kind of broad stripe thing going on, you know, like this little chinchilla jacket here.
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If you want this kind of broad stripe thing going on, you know, like this little chinchilla jacket here.
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"trimmed with broad bands of chinchilla..."
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Friends, prepare yourselves... ...for the unbearably soft appeal of chinchilla.
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They want you to pose in an ankle-length chinchilla.
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Make cash fast by raising chinchillas for their pelts... unless you leave the cage door open and they run away.
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Mrs. Pinky Benson seems to be wearing a pink... all-pink chinchilla coat.
Synonyms
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Soft thick hair that covers some animals or the material used for warm coats
Compounds
- Specialized
A small animal like a mouse with very soft grey fur from the Andes, often bred for its fur
A small animal like a rat with soft thick fur and big ears that lives in the Andes
A small animal from South American mountains with very soft thick fur that people often keep as a pet
- Specialized
A group of small animals like mice from South America with very soft fur
How Soft
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chinchilla first named the Andes animal, and because the animal's fur is so soft and rare people began to call the fur itself 'chinchilla', which is why the word now means the expensive, silvery-grey fur used for coats.