Definitions for damask

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damask dam·ask

Spelling: [dam-uh sk]

IPA: /ˈdæm əsk/

Damask is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 78 anagrams from letters in damask (aadkms).

Definitions for damask

noun

1. a reversible fabric of linen, silk, cotton, or wool, woven with patterns.
2. napery of this material.
3. Metallurgy. Also called damask steel. Damascus steel. the pattern or wavy appearance peculiar to the surface of such steel.
4. the pink color of the damask rose.

adjective

1. made of or resembling damask:
2. of the pink color of the damask rose.

verb (used with object)

1. to damascene.
2. to weave or adorn with elaborate design, as damask cloth.

Origin of damask

1200-50; Middle English damaske Medieval Latin damascus, named after Damascus where fabrics were first made

Examples for damask

Shawls and ribosos of damask, laces, gowns of satin, of velvet.

Only she twisted her damask napkin till it seemed as if she must tear it in pieces.

The rose again mantled on her cheek, but the blush was heightened to damask.

She went to a window, drew back the damask curtain, and gazed out.

The lady in the private box flung her a bouquet of damask roses.

We headed for the Valley of Roses, where damask roses have been grown for hundreds of years.

Thora is busy about her napery––the finest of Irish linen and damask.

There are oversized chandeliers, lots of tufted red-velvet upholstery and some damask wallpaper.

Take two pecks of damask rose buds, pick off the green part, and strew in the bottom of a jar a handful of large bay salt.

“That is a damask,” (the figured silk made at Damascus) she said.