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 Definitions of tapestry  [ˈtæp ə stri]  

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Definition of 'tapestry' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) tapestry
a fabric consisting of a warp upon which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a reversible design, often pictorial, used for wall hangings, furniture coverings, etc.

2.  tapestry
a machine-woven, nonreversible reproduction of this.

3. (v.t.) tapestry
to furnish, cover, or adorn with tapestry.

4.  tapestry
to represent or depict in a tapestry.

Etymology:  (1400–50; late ME tapst(e)ry, tapistry < MF tapisserie carpeting. See tapis)

Definition of 'tapestry' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) tapestry
something that resembles a tapestry in its complex pictorial designs
"the tapestry of European history"

2. (noun) tapestry, tapis
a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery

3. (noun) tapestry, arras
a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs


Definition of 'tapestry' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) tapestry
a fabric, usually of worsted, worked upon a warp of linen or other thread by hand, the designs being usually more or less pictorial and the stuff employed for wall hangings and the like. The term is also applied to different kinds of embroidery

2. (verb) tapestry
to adorn with tapestry, or as with tapestry


Translation of 'tapestry' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (a piece of) cloth into which a picture or design has been sewn or woven, hung on a wall for decoration or used to cover eg the seats of chairs
Four large tapestries hung on the walls.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: tapisserie Arabic flag Arabic: نَسيج مُطَرَّز، تَطْريز Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: гоблен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: tapeçaria Czech flag Czech: tapisérie German flag German: der Gobelin
Danish flag Danish: gobelin; vægtæppe Greek flag Greek: χαλί τοίχου Spanish flag Spanish: tapicería
Estonian flag Estonian: gobelään Farsi flag Farsi: فرشینه Finnish flag Finnish: seinävaate
French flag French: tapisserie Hebrew flag Hebrew: שָׁטִיחַ קִיר Hindi flag Hindi: टेपेस्ट्री कपड़ा जिसमे चि
Croatian flag Croatian: goblen Hungarian flag Hungarian: (fali)szőnyeg Indonesian flag Indonesian: kain bersulam
Icelandic flag Icelandic: myndvefnaður Italian flag Italian: arazzo Japanese flag Japanese: つづれ織
Korean flag Korean: 무늬를 놓은 양탄자 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: gobelenas Latvian flag Latvian: gobelēns
Malay flag Malay: dewangga Dutch flag Dutch: tapisserie Norwegian flag Norwegian: bildevev, gobelin
Polish flag Polish: gobelin Portuguese flag Portuguese: tapeçaria Romanian flag Romanian: tapet; tapiserie
Russian flag Russian: гобелен Slovak flag Slovak: tapiséria, gobelín Slovenian flag Slovenian: tapiserija
Serbian flag Serbian: tapiserija Swedish flag Swedish: gobeläng Thai flag Thai: สิ่งทอหรือม่านลายดอกซึ่งแ
Turkish flag Turkish: goblen, duvarörtüsü Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 掛毯 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: гобелен
Urdu flag Urdu: منقش کپڑا، مشجر Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thảm thêu Chinese flag Chinese: 挂毯

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