drapery
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 7
/ˈdɹeɪpəɹi/
Definition of drapery
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (uncountable)Cloth draped gracefully in folds.
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noun
- (uncountable)Cloth draped gracefully in folds.
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(countable)A piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain; a drape.
“The windows gleamed with light through the boughs—a small open space gave to view the left wing of the building—he could distinctly see the long range of illuminated apartments, figures moving to and fro, and the richly coloured fall of the draperies.”
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(countable, uncountable)The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth.
“He made also statutes for the maintenance of drapery and the keeping of wools within the realm”
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(countable, uncountable)Cloth, or woollen materials in general.
“people who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English draperie, from Old French draperie, from drap (“drape, sheet, large cloth”), ultimately of Germanic origin.
Words you can make from drapery
103 playable · top: DRAPEY (12 pts)
Best play drapey 12 points6-letter words
7 words5-letter words
26 words- PARDY 11 pts
- PAYED 11 pts
- PERDY 11 pts
- APERY 10 pts
- PARRY 10 pts
- PAYER 10 pts
- PERRY 10 pts
- PRYER 10 pts
- REPAY 10 pts
- DEARY 9 pts
- DERAY 9 pts
- DERRY 9 pts
- DRYER 9 pts
- RAYED 9 pts
- READY 9 pts
- REDRY 9 pts
- DRAPE 8 pts
- PADRE 8 pts
- PARED 8 pts
- RAPED 8 pts
- YARER 8 pts
- PARER 7 pts
- RAPER 7 pts
- DARER 6 pts
- DREAR 6 pts
- RARED 6 pts
4-letter words
23 words3-letter words
33 words- PAY 8 pts
- PRY 8 pts
- PYA 8 pts
- PYE 8 pts
- YAP 8 pts
- YEP 8 pts
- DAY 7 pts
- DEY 7 pts
- DRY 7 pts
- DYE 7 pts
- AYE 6 pts
- DAP 6 pts
- DEP 6 pts
- PAD 6 pts
- PED 6 pts
- RAY 6 pts
- RYA 6 pts
- RYE 6 pts
- YAR 6 pts
- YEA 6 pts
- YER 6 pts
- APE 5 pts
- PAR 5 pts
- PEA 5 pts
- PER 5 pts
- RAP 5 pts
- REP 5 pts
- RAD 4 pts
- RED 4 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERR 3 pts
2-letter words
13 wordsFind your best play with drapery
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