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How to pronounce plaid in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms tartan
Type of cloth, fabric, material, textile

Examples of plaid

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Between faux-fur, shearling, wool and plaid, there's a style to suit all tastes.
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In another set, gingham corsets and plaid wings made their way down the catwalk.
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The jackets come in turquoise and brown plaid, pink, and orange and brown plaid.
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Try a heavy knit dress, or a long grey plaid trench with interesting detailings.
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The plaid mania says a lot about how retailers think when it comes to menswear.
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In 2009, Moore designed a punk-inspired collection with plaid and leopard prints.
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In 1992, my cooking-show partner John Crean gave me a red plaid hunting jacket.
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He has long dreadlocks and was last seen wearing a plaid shirt and brown pants.
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Moments later, she saw a man with a black and white plaid shirt running nearby.
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More examples
  • Tartan: a cloth having a crisscross design
  • Plaid is the second studio album by guitarist Blues Saraceno, released in 1992 on Guitar Recordings.
  • Plaid is a London-based British electronic music duo comprising Andy Turner and Ed Handley. They are former members of The Black Dog and used many other names, such as Atypic (Andrew Turner) and Balil (Ed Handley), before settling on Plaid. ...
  • Tartan is a pattern consisting of criss-crossed horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours. Tartans originated in woven wool, but now they are made in many other materials. Tartan is particularly associated with Scotland. Scottish kilts almost always have tartan patterns. ...
  • Plaid is a new general-purpose object-oriented computer programming language currently being designed. It falls under the state-oriented programming paradigm.
  • A rectangular garment or piece of cloth, usually made of the checkered material called tartan, but sometimes of plain gray, or gray with black stripes. ...
  • Different color fabrics crossing each other to form various size squares.
  • Also referred to as tartan cloth, plaid originated in the Scottish Highlands as a way to differentiate the different clans. Once denoting the garment itself, plaid is now used to refer to the specific crisscross designs and can be applied to a wide array of fabrics and uses.
  • Cloth made with alternating stripes and bands of color woven into or dyed onto the fabric. This makes blocks of color that repeat vertically and horizontally in a pattern of squares and lines.