Definitions
Etymologies
- Originally a trademark. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“If crepe was not available, "georgette" was reasonably close.”
“Pothys offers variety of silk sarees such as georgette, embroidery silks, kancheepuram new silks, kavya kathal pattugal, party wear silks, kanchipuram sarees.”
“A Panama hat may be made less severe-looking by the addition of an underfacing on the brim of some sheer material, such as georgette or crêpe de chine, finished off at the edge over a wire.”
“Generally-speaking, it's all right to machine-wash fabrics such as georgette and Lycra, commonly used in ballroom dance dresses.”
“In addition to silk crepe de chine belted jackets with peak lapels, silk/cashmere knit halter tops, pleated skirts and dresses in silk crepe de chine and doublefaced silk georgette in muted colors, there was also a silk/wool bonded silk satin shirt paired with matching skirt and rubber-soled , double-strap sandals made with clear vinyl.”
The Wall Street Journal: Resort Wear from Calvin Klein, Jason Wu and Marc by Marc Jacobs
“He turned out vertical colorblocked dresses with pleat details for daytime and pleated georgette and mousseline ones for night.”
“The polka-dot georgette button-down collared shirt she's wearing in the portrait above.”
The Huffington Post: Meredith Barnett: Sustainable Design Star Carrie Parry
“Amid a few classic black dresses and exposed shoulders, there were swirls of pink georgette, filmy white chiffon ruffles and even a colorful halter dress that suggested peacocks.”
“However, for his Spring 2011 collection, Gn focused eyelet cotton voile with lace insets, silk georgette and silk crepe in all sorts of colors.”
The Huffington Post: Linda Grasso: Behind the Scenes at the Andrew Gn Show in Paris
“Military coats paired with easy georgette button-downs and ribbed wool skirts were long, lean and elegant.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘georgette’.
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Scrabble Names
Given names that were acceptable for play the last time I checked the OWL.
kris, ray, barb, morris, kat, mark, maria, erica, marge, mason, hunter, hazel and 168 more...
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Addenda to the 1923 Printing of Webst...
Many of these words first came into common usage during World War I, and reflect not only the technological and scientific leaps of the early part of the 20th century, but the new experience of glo...
abri, ace, acidosis, airdrome, air fleet, airplane, air raid, airworthy, altimeter, anaphylaxis, anociassociation, anti-aircraft and 292 more...
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Fabrics
Woven, knit and tatted fabrics. Other kinds of cloth, such as tapa and chamois are not included.
shikii, shantung, cotton, linen, tweed, wool, velour, velvet, velveteen, gabardine, chenille, silk and 550 more...
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yardage
types of fabric
cotton, wool, silk, linen, rayon, nylon, spandex, lycra, lurex, goretex, challis, brocade and 77 more...
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