Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A heavy fabric with a thick nap, used for upholstery.
- noun A carpet with a deep tufted pile.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stuff with a thick soft velvety nap of wool, and a warp of hemp or linen, especially such a material heavy enough to be used for carpeting.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A kind of carpet having a short velvety pile.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A kind of
fabric with a thickpile used forcarpeting or toupholster seating etc.; also an article covered in such material.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a thick velvety synthetic fabric used for carpets and soft upholstery
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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At the time I thought the word "moquette" an odd word but never knew its meaning, but now 50 years later, your French word-a-day has granted me enlightenment and explains that word so clearly and so well.
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At the time I thought the word "moquette" an odd word but never knew its meaning, but now 50 years later, your French word-a-day has granted me enlightenment and explains that word so clearly and so well.
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The bright orange leaves, fallen, along with their newly-cut branches, are like flames over nature's snowy moquette de fleurs.
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Compared to Heinz cream of tomato and the moquette benches and U-bends of the British railway carriage, these initial experiences implied an inferior way of life.
So close, yet so far away – Europe is still something of a mystery to many of us | Ian Jack 2011
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That picture of the vineyard after prunig with the moquette de fleurs is stunning.
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The bright orange leaves, fallen, along with their newly-cut branches, are like flames over nature's snowy moquette de fleurs.
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The bright orange leaves, fallen, along with their newly-cut branches, are like flames over nature's snowy moquette de fleurs.
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 02: 58 PM moquette de fleurs -- While I read and enjoy your French word-a-day, the above expression particularly caught my eye, not only for the unique photo of the flowers, but the word moquette.
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The bright orange leaves, fallen, along with their newly-cut branches, are like flames over nature's snowy moquette de fleurs.
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The bright orange leaves, fallen, along with their newly-cut branches, are like flames over nature's snowy moquette de fleurs.
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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Moquette, which comes from the French word for carpet, is a tough woollen fabric that is used in upholstery on public transport all over the world.
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