moire
noun
any moiré fabric.
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moire
1 American
[mwahr, mawr, mohr]
/ mwɑr, mɔr, moʊr /
noun
moiré
2
American
[mwah-rey, mawr-ey, mohr-ey, mwa -rey]
/ mwɑˈreɪ, ˈmɔr eɪ, ˈmoʊr eɪ, mwaˈreɪ /
adjective
noun
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a design pressed on silk, rayon, etc., by engraved rollers.
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any silk, rayon, etc., fabric with a watery or wavelike appearance.
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Printing. an interference pattern of dots appearing in the print of process color.
moiré
1
British
/ ˈmwɑːreɪ /
adjective
noun
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such a pattern, impressed on fabrics by means of engraved rollers
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any fabric having such a pattern; moire
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Also: moiré pattern. a pattern seen when two geometrical patterns, such as grids, are visually superimposed
moire
2
British
/ mwɑː /
noun
Etymology
Origin of moire1
1650–60; < French < English mohair
Origin of moiré2
From French, dating back to 1810–20; see origin at moire, -ee
Example Sentences
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This reversal shows that magnetism is not just copying the moiré template.
From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026
But the human stain is not without a comic essence, too, which Ruscha drew out in a wonderful group of word-paintings on shiny moiré fabric.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2024
Another of them, rendered almost invisibly in shellac on deep cobalt blue moiré, circles around to give the exhibition its trenchant title: “Now then, as I was about to say …”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2024
It was reimagined for the modern era, standing out with its sculptural construction and luxurious moiré fabric.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2024
I would not have minded taking the old gentleman; but I absolutely refused the lady and the moiré dress.
From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)
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