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How to pronounce brocade in English?

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Type Words
Type of material, fabric, cloth, textile
Type Words
Type of weave, tissue

Examples of brocade

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Richly ornamental designs in brocade and jacquard shimmer with iridescent color.
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The collection got its texture from brocade, jaquard and ribbed ottoman fabric.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Pucci's stretch silk now passes for brocade, is used in ball gowns and bikinis.
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There was a red-and-gold-brocade cocoon coat with a sheer overlay of black tulle.
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The rebels conspire behind brocade curtains in air-conditioned homes and offices.
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A teal and gold brocade slim dress with the reverse of the fabric on an overcoat.
From the orlandosentinel.com
In fact the Queen was her usual dignified self, wearing a purple brocade suit.
From the smh.com.au
Soon a plump middle-aged woman in an expensive brocade wrappa stepped forward.
From the theatlantic.com
It was a dark, smelly place with a faded sort of a velvet brocade on the wall.
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More examples
  • Thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern
  • Weave a design into (textiles)
  • (brocaded) embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery; "brocaded silk"; "an embossed satin"; "embossed leather"; "raised needlework"; "raised metalwork"
  • Brocade is a class of richly decorative shuttle-woven fabrics, often made in colored silks and with or without gold and silver threads. ...
  • A thick heavy fabric into which raised patterns have been woven; An item decorated with brocade; To decorate fabric with raised woven patterns
  • (brocaded) Heavy fabric with ornate and thick embroidery
  • (Brocading) a type of area rug weaving that creates a flat surface where the base of the rug is patterned with colored strands of weft.
  • Brocade is the term for forming patterns in cloth with a supplementary weft.
  • Brocade was originally an elegant, heavy silk fabric with a floral or figured pattern woven with gold or silver thread, produced in China and Japan. Currently, any of the major textile fibers may be used in a wide range of quality and price. Brocades are typically ornate, jacquard-woven fabrics. ...