macramé

or mac·ra·me

[ mak-ruh-mey ]

noun

an elaborately patterned lacelike webbing made of hand-knotted cord, yarn, or the like, and used for wall decorations, hanging baskets, garments, accessories, etc.
the technique or art of producing macramé.

verb (used with object),mac·ra·méd or mac·ra·méed, mac·ra·mé·ing.

to make or produce using macramé: to macramé a wall hanging.

Origin of macramé

1865–70; <French <Italian macramè kind of fringe on hand towels <Turkish makrama napkin, face towel <Arabic miqrama embroidered coverlet

Words Nearby macramé

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use macramé in a sentence

Even that macrame, which seems to me more difficult than all the other things I have mentioned, you have entirely mastered.
Molly Bawn | Margaret Wolfe Hamilton

British Dictionary definitions for macramé

macramé

/ (məˈkrɑːmɪ) /

noun

a type of ornamental work made by knotting and weaving coarse thread into a pattern

Origin of macramé

C19: via French and Italian from Turkish makrama towel, from Arabic migramah striped cloth

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Browse