tela
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A piece of woven cloth like silk for covering or decorating things
- noun
- /ˈtɛlə/
- Archaic
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tela
- I bought some colorful telas for my sewing project.
Examples
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The ancient tapestry was woven from a golden tela that shimmered in the sunlight.
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In the poem, the moonlight shone through the delicate tela of the spider's web.
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The artisan draped a fine silk tela over the statue to protect it from dust.
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The artist used a beautiful tela for her painting.
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The artisan draped a fine silk tela over the statue to protect it from dust.
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In the poem, the moonlight shone through the delicate tela of the spider's web.
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The ancient tapestry was woven from a golden tela that shimmered in the sunlight.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tela comes from the Latin tela, which means 'web' or 'cloth'. So imagine a spider's web or a piece of woven fabric, and you can see why tela is used for a piece of cloth or a fine, web-like material.
