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How to pronounce macrame in English?

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Type Words
Type of lace
Type Words
Type of knot


macrame a plant holder.

Examples of macrame

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Macrame even made unexpected appearances at Nanette Lepore and Badgley Mischka.
From the stltoday.com
Follow that logo down, and there looks to be macrame coming out the bottom of the jacket.
From the sfgate.com
Knotting involves tying threads together and is used in making macrame.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The macrame is his hair, which hasn't been cut in 20 years or more.
From the sfgate.com
Guests had no problem digging out their fringed suede jackets, bell bottoms and macrame belts.
From the post-gazette.com
Black macrame gladiator sandals to the thigh were paired with slash tops and teeny knit bottoms.
From the dailyherald.com
This chair looks like macrame but is solid as a rock.
From the gothamgal.com
Parkes came to macrame via graphic design, illustration work and her own fashion and jewellery labels.
From the smh.com.au
Forget the woven pot holders and macrame planters.
From the desmoinesregister.com
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  • A relatively coarse lace; made by weaving and knotting cords
  • Make knotted patterns; "macrame a plant holder"
  • Macramu00E9 or macrame is a form of textile-making using knotting rather than weaving or knitting. Its primary knots are the square knot (a variant of the reef knot) and forms of "hitching": full hitch and double half hitches. It was long crafted by sailors, especially in elaborate or ornamental knotting forms, to decorate anything from knife handles to bottles to parts of ships.
  • Knotting technique popular in home furnishings. Became associated with clothing in the 1960s and has had subsequent rebirths since the 1990s mainly in the form of handbags.
  • Decoratively knotted rope or cord forming a harness-like structure for hanging pots.
  • A method of creating fabric by knotting yarns together in complex patterns.
  • Derived from the Turkish word makrama meaning "bedspread", which evolved from the Arabian word "mikrama". (OED)
  • An intricately knotted lace.
  • Miqrama, embroidered veil