adj
Meaning 1
Of a grayish-pink colour, like that of the damask rose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
damask
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General-American, UK: /ˈdæm.əsk/
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adj
Meaning 2
Relating to, or originating at, the city of Damascus.
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noun
Meaning 3
An ornate silk fabric originating from Damascus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- True damasks are pure silk.
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noun
Meaning 4
Linen so woven that a pattern is produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast of colour.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
A heavy woolen or worsted stuff with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask; made for furniture covering and hangings.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
Damascus steel.
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noun
Meaning 7
The peculiar markings or water of such steel.
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noun
Meaning 8
A damask rose, Rosa × damascena.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 9
A grayish-pink color, like that of the damask rose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 10
To decorate or weave in damascene patterns
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adjective satellite
Meaning 11
having a woven pattern
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- damask table linens
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noun
Meaning 12
a fabric of linen or cotton or silk or wool with a reversible pattern woven into it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile
noun
Meaning 13
a table linen made from linen with a damask pattern
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: table linen, napery
History
Etymology
From Middle English damaske, from Medieval Latin damascus, named after the city Damascus, where the fabric was originally made.
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: lie-de-vin — of a grayish-pink colour
- Greek: δαμασκηνί (damaskiní) — of a grayish-pink colour
- Romanian: lie-de-vin — of a grayish-pink colour
- Arabic: فِرِنْد (firind) — fabric
- Armenian: քամխա (kʻamxa) — fabric
- Bulgarian: дамаска (damaska) — fabric
- Catalan: domàs — fabric
- Chinese Mandarin: 緞子 /缎子 (duànzi) — fabric
- Czech: damašek — fabric
- Danish: damask — fabric
- Dutch: damast — fabric
- Finnish: damasti — fabric
- French: damas — fabric
- German: Damast — fabric
- German: Damastgewebe — fabric
- Greek: δαμάσκο (damásko) — fabric
- Hungarian: damaszt — fabric
- Hungarian: damaszk — fabric
- Irish: damasc — fabric
- Italian: damasco — fabric
- Japanese: 絢緞子 (ayadonsu) — fabric
- Kazakh: қамқа (qamqa) — fabric
- Macedonian: дамаст (damast) — fabric
- Norwegian: damask — fabric
- Persian: پرنیان (parniyân) — fabric
- Persian: پرند (parand) — fabric
- Persian: کمخا (kamxâ, kemxâ) — fabric
- Polish: adamaszek — fabric
- Portuguese: damasco — fabric
- Romanian: damasc — fabric
- Russian: дама́ст (damást) — fabric
- Russian: камка́ (kamká) — fabric
- Serbo-Croatian: да̀маст — fabric
- Serbo-Croatian: dàmast — fabric
- Slovene: damast — fabric
- Lower Sorbian: damast — fabric
- Spanish: damasco — fabric
- Swedish: damast — fabric
- Tatar: камка (qamqa) — fabric
- Turkish: damasko — fabric
- Ukrainian: дамаст (damast) — fabric
- Catalan: domàs — heavy cloth with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask
- Arabic: فِرِنْد (firind) — peculiar markings on Damascus steel
- Finnish: damaskikuvio — peculiar markings on Damascus steel
- German: Damast — peculiar markings on Damascus steel
- Persian: پرند (parand) — peculiar markings on Damascus steel
- French: lie-de-vin — grayish-pink colour
- Japanese: ばら色 (barairo) — grayish-pink colour
- Romanian: lie-de-vin — grayish-pink colour
- Catalan: endomassar — decorate or weave in damascene patterns
- Catalan: adomassar — decorate or weave in damascene patterns
- French: damasser — decorate or weave in damascene patterns
- Greek: δαμασκηνώνω (damaskinóno) — decorate or weave in damascene patterns
- Ido: damaskigar — decorate or weave in damascene patterns
- Italian: damascare — decorate or weave in damascene patterns
- Maltese: ddamaska — decorate or weave in damascene patterns
- Portuguese: damasquinar — decorate or weave in damascene patterns
- Spanish: adamascar — decorate or weave in damascene patterns