Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: damask
IPA transcription: [d'æməsk]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: damask
    Meaning: having a woven pattern; "damask table linens"
Usage examples
  • They made the room feel cold, in spite of the heavy red damask curtains and great gilt cornices.
  • I do not know the origin of this charming Rose, but by its appearance it should be related to the Damask.
  • A certain personal idiosyncrasy must be assumed at bottom, else cotton damask would be as good as silk and all men having like opportunities would be equally great.
  • The surface of the table, to judge by touch and eye, would have appeared to a nineteenth-century person to be covered with fine white damask, but this was really an oxidised metallic surface, and could be cleaned instantly after a meal.