Definitions for moire

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Spelling: [mwahr, mawr, mohr]
IPA: /mwɑr, mɔr, moʊr/

Moire is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 61 anagrams from letters in moire (eimor).

Definitions for moire

noun

  1. any moiré fabric.
  2. a design pressed on silk, rayon, etc., by engraved rollers.
  3. any silk, rayon, etc., fabric with a watery or wavelike appearance.
  4. Printing. an interference pattern of dots appearing in the print of process color.

adjective

  1. (of silks and other fabrics) presenting a watery or wavelike appearance.

Origin of moire

1650-60; French English mohair

Examples for moire

This machine is also made to I produce the "moire luster" finish.

Many gems of binding are adorned with fly-leaves of moire silk, or rich colored satin.

Dress of moire antique, ornamented with narrow velvet ribbons, about three-eighths of an inch wide.

The skirt is trimmed with five moire bands with biais at their edges.

The opening is confined by five moire bands, each with a bow of the same.

The bride's aunt wore her moire antique, with coral bracelets, and at breakfast in the restaurant she wept.

Heavy mohair, cotton, or silk and cotton cloth, with worsted or moire face.

moire—The water effect produced on silk, moreen, and like fabrics.

moire, mwor, n. watered silk: a watered appearance on metals or textile fabrics.

On the body there are two rows of moire and three on each band of the skirt.

Word Value for moire
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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