Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An outer garment worn chiefly by women of South Asia, consisting of a length of lightweight cloth with one end wrapped about the waist to form a skirt and the other draped over the shoulder or covering the head.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The principal garment of a Hindu woman, consisting of a long piece of silk or cotton cloth, wrapped round the middle of the body, with one end falling nearly to the feet, and the other thrown over the head.
- noun Hence Any long scarf.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
saree .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The traditional
dress of women in the Indian Subcontinent; an outergarment consisting of a single length ofcotton orsilk , most often with one end wrapped around thewaist to form askirt , the other draped over theshoulder orhead .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a dress worn primarily by Hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In three recent cases of what they call 'sari cancer,' they believe women contracted the disease through skin irritation from knotting their petticoats too tightly in the same position over a long period of time.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Dean Nelson 2012
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The sari is making a comeback in India, reports Emily Wax, in a story that does not even mention Michaele Salahi, not at all.
Read this: Saris back in style; Grosvenor hands-off National Geographic The Reliable Source 2010
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They hoped to learn some of the 108 ways to drape a sari from the grand aunty of the garment: Rta Kapur Chishti, a textile historian and sari stalwart.
Reinvention of the sari brings a comeback on catwalks, at cocktail parties Emily Wax 2010
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Hyderabad designer Vinita Pittie has made the skirt sari, which can be tied around the waist with the goal of attracting young Indians who might feel that the traditional sari is difficult to drape.
Reinvention of the sari brings a comeback on catwalks, at cocktail parties Emily Wax 2010
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I believe the Indian sari is the perfect garment, ancient in its concept, and provides a barrier between your body and the public.
Modest Feminine Dress From the Pages of 1990 Victoria Magazine 2009
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A sari is wrapped, yes, but it's a minimum of six yards of fabric, and this was a shawl.
Housewives Nightlife, Episode 8: Washington, by invitation only Lavanya Ramanathan 2010
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Some variant of the sari is still in daily wear from Thailand all the way to Pakistan; and with all the regional variations, there are dozens and dozens of ways to wrap them.
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Memsa'b had chosen her gown carefully, after discarding a walking suit, a mourning gown and veil, and a peculiar draped garment she called a sari, a souvenir of her time in India.
The Wizard Of London Lackey, Mercedes 2005
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Mem'sab had chosen her gown carefully, after discarding a walking-suit, a mourning-gown and veil, and a peculiar draped garment she called a sari, a souvenir of her time in India.
Werehunter Lackey, Mercedes 1999
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She decided to wear a sari, which is a traditional Indian dress for tonight hard to put on.
madmouth commented on the word sari
the wet sari scene was a long-standing filmi tradition before the recent trend of heroines in hideous Western clothing capsized it.
May 24, 2009
bilby commented on the word sari
Should I apologise for making a bad pun here?
December 14, 2015
bilby commented on the word sari
Sari. Not sari.
December 14, 2015