marcella

¹

[mahr-sel-uh]

noun

1. a cotton or linen fabric constructed in pique weave, used in the manufacture of vests, mats, etc.

Marcella

²

[mahr-sel-uh]

noun

1. a female given name.

Word History and Origins

Origin of marcella¹

First recorded in 1805–15; alteration of Marseilles

Example Sentences

One recent day off, I had a few empty hours and decided I would fill them by trying to have some true fun making a sauce that tasted like fall to me — the way Marcella Hazan’s tomato sauce, or Ina Garten’s garden pasta, feel emblematic of July down to my sun-baked bones.

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Marcella, under development in the Park City region, has two residential communities: one for golf at Jordanelle Ridge in Heber City and one for skiing at Deer Valley East Village.

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Marcella started sales three-a-half years ago, and has sold all of its 144 ski-in, ski-out homesites at Deer Valley East Village.

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In September Marcella listed 131 golf homesites asking $750,000 to $5 million.

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He sent Ms Friel, known for her roles in Channel 4 soap Brookside and ITV and Netflix drama series Marcella, numerous messages and visited her home address on several occasions.

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