Definitions for tapestries

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tapestries tap·es·try

Spelling: [tap-uh-stree]

IPA: /ˈtæp ə stri/

Tapestries is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 766 anagrams from letters in tapestries (aeeiprsstt).

Definitions for tapestries

noun

1. a fabric consisting of a warp upon which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a design, often pictorial, used for wall hangings, furniture coverings, etc.
2. a machine-woven reproduction of this.
3. a fabric consisting of a warp upon which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a design, often pictorial, used for wall hangings, furniture coverings, etc.
4. a machine-woven reproduction of this.

verb (used with object)

1. to furnish, cover, or adorn with tapestry.
2. to represent or depict in a tapestry.
3. to furnish, cover, or adorn with tapestry.
4. to represent or depict in a tapestry.

Origin of tapestries

1400-50; late Middle English tapst(e)ry, tapistry Middle French tapisserie carpeting. See tapis, -ery

Examples for tapestries

In a lovely circular twist, the tapestry's true subject turns out to be the luxe of which it's an example.

This tapestry was woven in Flanders in about 1500  for a noble French client.

I am thrilled because the subject matter is rich, but I like that it is a tapestry of color, which is very much needed.

There had been just room, and no more, for Clara to stand between the tapestry and the books.

The posters, maculated with filth, garnished like tapestry the sweep of the curbstone.

A tapestry like this was the ultimate luxury good and status symbol, worth so much more than a measly painting.

On the walls were hung some pieces of tapestry, where there were not bookcases.

It looks as if it has been made from a Medieval tapestry, the colors rich and worn-looking.

After a drawing, now in the Louvre, for Raphaels tapestry cartoons.

In a costume other than evening clothes, he might have walked out of a tapestry.

There had been just room, and no more, for Clara to stand between the tapestry and the books.

In a lovely circular twist, the tapestry's true subject turns out to be the luxe of which it's an example.

After a drawing, now in the Louvre, for Raphaels tapestry cartoons.

In a costume other than evening clothes, he might have walked out of a tapestry.

On the walls were hung some pieces of tapestry, where there were not bookcases.

This tapestry was woven in Flanders in about 1500  for a noble French client.

The posters, maculated with filth, garnished like tapestry the sweep of the curbstone.

It looks as if it has been made from a Medieval tapestry, the colors rich and worn-looking.

A tapestry like this was the ultimate luxury good and status symbol, worth so much more than a measly painting.

I am thrilled because the subject matter is rich, but I like that it is a tapestry of color, which is very much needed.