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red-striped

red-striped

1 2.3
It has red stripes in its pattern
  • adjective
translation icon : rayas rojas
  • Or here is a white T-shirt with fine red stripes that works too.
  • red-striped shirt
  • red-striped dress
  • red-striped tie

Examples

  • They painted their house with red-striped siding to give it a more vibrant look.

  • She wore a beautiful red-striped dress to the party that caught everyone's attention.

  • Another child, wearing only a blue and red striped T-shirt, hung onto his mother's skirt.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • If that's what you want," Jason fixed his brown and red striped tie and gave the two men a questioning stare.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • The traffic thinned out, and a red-striped awning tumbled down the avenue.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • She was pushing the baby in a red-striped collapsible stroller.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Redmon's bar was run by a bald fellow from Nebraska who wore a red-striped suit like a carnival barker's.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • "Do you want to go home and change?" She glanced down at her jeans, sneakers, and red-striped blouse, which she wore with a white sweatshirt.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • He brought her scraps of pink calico and purple and red-striped seersucker to sew in patches on his old shirt.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • The old barn had a red-striped roof that stood out against the green fields.

Synonyms

red-streaked
vsred-striped
4.2

It has red lines across its surface

describes wider patterned bands forming the design rather than narrow lines
reddish-striped
vsred-striped
3.8

Having red or slightly red stripes

implies definite, vividly colored bands as part of the pattern

Antonyms

plain
208 1.0

Simple and not decorated or flavored

solid
53 2.5

Not see-through and without gaps or holes

How Patterned

red-striped
1 2.3
plain
50 2.5

Surface Forms

red-striped positive

Morphology

red-striped = red + striped (transparent) = red + stripe + ed

The adjective is a straightforward compound of 'red' and 'striped' (and 'striped' is a regular adjectival form of 'stripe'), so the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word red-striped is simply the colour red plus stripe, where a stripe is a long, thin line, similar to the word strip for a long piece. So red-striped means 'having red lines or bands', which is why we use it for a dress, flag, or jersey.