(n.) Tufted cord, of silk or worsted, for the trimming of ladies' dresses, for embroidery and fringes, and for the weft of Chenille rugs.
Example Sentences:
(1) Most of the rooms have 1950s furniture, chenille bedspreads, art deco touches and old-fashioned telephones.
(2) On scanning electron microscopy, the pulmonary artery endothelial surface in group 1 patients was "crinkled" or "corduroy-like", i.e., composed of narrow, even ridges; in groups 2 and 3, it was "cable-like", i.e., comprised of deep intertwined ridges; in group 4 it was "chenille" in texture, i.e., high ridges alternated with low, uneven, and twisted ones.
Sweater
Definition:
(n.) One who sweats.
(n.) One who, or that which, causes to sweat
(n.) A sudorific.
(n.) A woolen jacket or jersey worn by athletes.
(n.) An employer who oppresses his workmen by paying low wages.
Example Sentences:
(1) In his V-neck sweater, dad jeans and white New Balance sneakers, Michael Lewis doesn’t look like a troublemaker.
(2) Standing in the kitchen was a large, middle-aged woman wearing a sweater and keeping an eye on her toddler.
(3) Instead, he was re-imagined as a suave gent in a v-neck cashmere sweater, mixing drinks, listening to records, and appreciating the 'finer things in life', like jazz and beautiful women.
(4) Which brings us to why I am wearing a sweater with a pony on the front.
(5) Watchers of television news clips in the run-up to Britain’s referendum on EU membership are likely to become familiar with her sweater made up of the flags of the nine Common Market countries, accompanying her call then for “a big Yes vote for Europe”.
(6) PCPHs prepared in our laboratory showed strong eliciting activities, not only in the guinea pigs sensitized with the extract, but also in a male volunteer sensitized by exposure to a yellow sweater during irritancy testing.
(7) It's a law that everyone has to have a Sarah Lund sweater .
(8) Wearing a hooped brown and cream sweater with collar turned up, Mvubu, from KwaThema, stared at the floor with hands behind his back for much of the hearing.
(9) Phosgene (2,5-dichlorophenyl)hydrazone, which was the main component among the PCPHs found in the sweater, sensitized guinea pigs even at the 1 ppm level.
(10) The results of performing this test on horses (n = 54) considered to be "free sweaters", horses (n = 6) that showed signs of heat stress following exercise, and horses with complete anhidrosis (n = 2) are presented.
(11) Guinea pigs were sensitized with an acetone extract of the sweater material, by means of the guinea pig maximization test (GPMT).
(12) In my haste I pricked my finger and was astonished to find the pearl-studded hatpin of the secretary of the CDC lodged between my tee shirts and sweaters.
(13) Like Curb Your Enthusiasm , dialogue in The Trip has been improvised and – while David is known for his neurotic obsession with trivia such as the elasticity of the cuffs on his sweaters – Brydon is likely to spend much screentime worrying about the colour of his socks.
(14) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Models sport hooded tops and sweaters with lattice inspired by American footballs.
(15) Look, I'm not proud of any of this, and in my heart I agree with Fran Lebowitz, who once said: "If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail."
(16) The company said it had ordered 220,000 sweaters from the factory to be delivered to C&A Brazil between December 2012 and February 2013.
(17) Perhaps one day soon, Canadians will proudly hang a Team Canada soccer jersey next to their Team Canada hockey sweaters.
(18) While the effect had Anderson’s signature androgynous look, and a retro feel, bi-coloured sweaters, cropped shearling jackets and chunky scarves showed him moving gently towards more wearable pieces.
(19) Facebook Twitter Pinterest A man with blood stains on his sweater leaves Brussels airport in Zaventem.
(20) I noticed things that I'd never spotted before (how did I ever miss the goose-stepping Mickey Mouse on Danny's sweater), refreshed certain cherished notions (is Wendy a traumatised extension of Shelley Duvall's chatterbox character from Altman's 3 Women?)