cashmere

or kash·mir

[ kazh-meer, kash- ]
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noun
  1. the fine, downy wool at the roots of the hair of the Kashmir goat.

  2. a garment made of this wool.

  1. a yarn made from this wool.

  2. a wool or cashmere fabric of plain or twill weave.

Origin of cashmere

1
First recorded in 1815–25; named after Cashmere

Words Nearby cashmere

Other definitions for Cashmere (2 of 2)

Cashmere
[ kash-meer ]

Other words from Cashmere

  • Cash·mer·i·an, adjective, noun

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How to use cashmere in a sentence

  • Here, you,” he growled, “was aught said to thee whereby thou hast a scruple to tell me how many guns defend the cashmere Gate?

    The Red Year | Louis Tracy
  • The tissues woven in gold, the gold and silk embroideries and cashmere shawls, are of the highest degree of perfection.

  • It was tied up in a cashmere shawl, which her maid recognized as belonging to the lost actress.

    Black Diamonds | Mr Jkai
  • In the first place, the painter had removed the two pictures; and then Madame Guillaume had lost her cashmere shawl.

  • Madame Lebas had a cashmere shawl over her shoulders, of which the value bore witness to her husband's generosity to her.

British Dictionary definitions for cashmere (1 of 2)

cashmere

kashmir

/ (ˈkæʃmɪə) /


noun
  1. a fine soft wool from goats of the Kashmir area

    • cloth or knitted material made from this or similar wool

    • (as modifier): a cashmere sweater

British Dictionary definitions for Cashmere (2 of 2)

Cashmere

/ (kæʃˈmɪə) /


noun
  1. a variant spelling of Kashmir

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