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TAPESTRY

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• TAPESTRY (noun)
The noun TAPESTRY has 3 senses:

1. something that resembles a tapestry in its complex pictorial designs
2. a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery
3. a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs

Familiarity information: TAPESTRY used as a noun is uncommon.

• TAPESTRY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Something that resembles a tapestry in its complex pictorial designs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

the tapestry of European history

Hypernyms ("tapestry" is a kind of...):

complexity; complexness (the quality of being intricate and compounded)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

tapis; tapestry

Hypernyms ("tapestry" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

arras; tapestry

Hypernyms ("tapestry" is a kind of...):

hanging; wall hanging (decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window)

Meronyms (parts of "tapestry"):

edging (border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug))

"Every cloud has a silver lining."
(English proverb)
"The coward shoots with shut eyes."
(Native American proverb, tribe unknown)
"A book is like a garden carried in the pocket."
(Arabic proverb)
"Eat a big bite but don't say a big statement."
(Cypriot proverb)

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