chintz
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7.9
- noun
- /ˈʧɪnts/
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chintz
- The living room was decorated with beautiful chintz curtains that brought color to the space.
- chintz curtains
- chintz sofa
- floral chintz
Examples
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The chintz-covered sofa with its dainty blue and yellow forget-me-nots seemed absolutely ordinary and out of place.
Fiction book (1994) -
The lobby was furnished with sofas loose-covered in chintz.
Fiction book (1994) -
Sit down, she said, and pointed to a chair covered with white chintz.
Fiction book (1997) -
"We sat across from each other in chairs covered with floral chintz.
Fiction book (1992) -
Floral chintz balloon shades topped the dormer windows that looked out over the front garden.
Blog text (14) -
Mother sits in the flowered chintz armchair, which matches the curtains.
Fiction book (1991) -
The fabric was a pretty pink flowered chintz, the carpet a pale, sunny yellow, and the bathroom was all pink and white marble.
Fiction book (1990) -
A friend at work told her about a romantic inn, all crisp chintz, rose sachet, antique furniture, and flowered wallpaper.
Fiction book (1991) -
All was forgiven when they reached the impossibly quaint Windermere Hotel, where their Victorian room was decorated with chintz curtains and velvet furniture.
Fiction book (2002) -
Sue had redone the foyer, the living room, and the dining room all in chintz, an overwhelming number of flora-and-fauna patterns, creating a vast slippery-looking expanse.
Fiction book (1999)
Antonyms
How Shiny
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word chintz comes from India and from the Hindi word chint, from Sanskrit chitra, which means 'spotted' or 'picture'. Indian cloth makers printed bright, shiny designs on cotton, so chintz now means a bright, printed cotton fabric often used for curtains and cushions.