chenille
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 8
/ʃəˈniːl/
Definition of chenille
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)An extremely soft and bunchy fabric often used to make sweaters.
“The house seemed unfamiliar in the dark stormy light; the red and purple glass of the front door made livid bruises on the linoleum; the green chenille curtain was like a veil of seaweed.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from French chenille. Doublet of canicule.
Words you can make from chenille
59 playable · top: ELENCHI (12 pts)
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