Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A lightweight, often plain-woven cotton cloth, usually with a plaid, striped, or checked pattern.
- noun A similar lightweight patterned cloth made of silk or rayon.
- noun A large handkerchief of brightly colored silk or cotton, often worn as a turban.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large handkerchief of silk and cotton, usually in bright colors, used by the negroes in the West India islands and elsewhere for turbans, etc.
- noun A thin cotton cloth, generally corded or figured, used for shirts, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A large silk-and-cotton kerchief, usually of bright colors, such as those often used by negroes for turbans.
- noun A light patterned cotton fabric.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a brightly colored cotton fabric with a checked or striped pattern.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a light patterned cotton cloth
- noun a state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh); formerly Madras
- noun a city in Tamil Nadu on the Bay of Bengal; formerly Madras
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Patchwork madras is basically a variety of madras cut up into strips then sewn back together to form a patchwork of these different combinations, which somehow turn out to be a very attractive mix of colors and patterns.
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The boys never attended a "madras" (sic) or Islamic school as Emir claims, because the Islamic Center at 1425 E.
Grace and Truth to You Wade Burleson 2010
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Nazism was not identical with atheism (religion lessons in the schools were still mandatory up to 1945!), and Stalin (brought up in a Christian orthodox "madras") did not commit his atrocities under the banner of atheism:
Muti 2010
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In fact, as I write this very article, I am nibbling a bowl of Chex Mix... or is it a bowl of madras?
Big Girls, Small Kitchen: Brave New Kitchen: Frozen Treats For Summer Big Girls 2011
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In fact, as I write this very article, I am nibbling a bowl of Chex Mix... or is it a bowl of madras?
Big Girls, Small Kitchen: Brave New Kitchen: Frozen Treats For Summer Big Girls 2011
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He is a man of about 75, nursing a martini and looking enormously pleased to be wearing a madras jacket with a striped tie.
Ann Landi: Dating After Divorce: Geezer Dates Ann Landi 2011
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He is a man of about 75, nursing a martini and looking enormously pleased to be wearing a madras jacket with a striped tie.
Ann Landi: Dating After Divorce: Geezer Dates Ann Landi 2011
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There we were, the next morning, Mrs. O. still wearing white linen pants, me with my madras jacket not yet in mothballs, facing the last and worst thing of all about summer—it's over.
The Case Against Summer P.J. O'Rourke 2011
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Now you're ready to saunter into a trendy restaurant in an open-collar shirt, madras blazer and knee-length pants.
Shorts for Men: a Brief Guide Teri Agins 2011
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The audience howled when the American husband came out on stage wearing madras Bermudas and sat down with his family to eat dinner in the kitchen while the maids ate in the dining room.
ravages commented on the word madras
City, actually
Now Chennai.
December 16, 2007
ravages commented on the word madras
madras
city
and cloth
and fashion
and a state of mind.
December 16, 2007