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crape

American

[kreyp] / kreɪp /

noun

craped, craping

crepe.

crape British

/ kreɪp /

noun

a variant spelling of crepe
crepe, esp when used for mourning clothes
a band of black crepe worn in mourning

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Vocabulary lists containing crape

"The Minister's Black Veil," Vocabulary from the short story

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And don’t replace them with something like crape myrtle, which is pretty but doesn’t offer much shade for the space it takes up.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

Tree varieties include Eureka lemon, pink guava, Golden Delicious apple, coast live oak, olive, crape myrtle, California sycamore, desert willow and torrey pines.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2024

They also claimed the crape myrtles would provide similar amounts of shade and noise reduction.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2023

The crape myrtle bark scale has crept into the D.C. region in recent years.

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2023

Because of the tall crape myrtles and elms standing outside the windows, the light that filtered into the Hall of the Gods always looked a little muted.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

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