cashmere
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English
Etymology
Appellativisation of Cashmere.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkæʃ.mɪə/, /kæʃˈmɪə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /kæʒˈmiɹ/, /ˈkæʒ.miɹ/, /ˈkæʃ.miɹ/, /kæʃˈmiɹ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Noun
cashmere (usually uncountable, plural cashmeres)
- (chiefly uncountable) Fine, downy wool from beneath the outer hair of the Cashmere goat.
- Hypernym: goathair
- (chiefly uncountable) A soft fabric made of this wool.
- a cashmere sweater
- (countable) A rich kind of shawl made from this wool.
- (countable, by extension) Any similar shawl.
Derived terms
Translations
fine, downy wool from beneath the outer hair of the Cashmere goat
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soft fabric made of wool
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a shawl made from cashmere
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French
Noun
cashmere m (plural cashmeres)
- Alternative spelling of cachemire