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Frieze

/ˈfɹiːz/

A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.

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📖 Definitions of "Frieze"

noun

1
A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.

verb

1
To make a nap on (cloth); to friz.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Frieze"

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pulvinated	pulvinate
parthenonnoun	An ancient temple to Athena and monument in the city of Athens. It is a symbol of Greek achievement in the arts and of Athenian democracy.
freezenoun	A period of intensely cold weather.
frizenoun	(architecture) Archaic form of frieze. [A kind of coarse woollen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.]
friezingnoun	A frieze.
faldingnoun	(obsolete) A frieze or rough-napped cloth.
frizzernoun	Alternative form of friezer. [Someone or something that friezes or frizzes.]
frizettenoun	A fringe of hair or curls around a woman's forehead.
flocknoun	A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
frizernoun	Alternative form of friezer. [Someone or something that friezes or frizzes.]
fleecenoun	(uncountable) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
friezernoun	Someone or something that friezes or frizzes.
foulardnoun	A piece of clothing, or a handkerchief, made with this fabric.
frisettenoun	Alternative form of frizette. [A fringe of hair or curls around a woman's forehead.]
fustiannoun	(figuratively) Inflated, pompous, or pretentious speech or writing; bombast; also (archaic), incoherent or unintelligible speech or writing; gibberish, nonsense.
friznoun	Obsolete form of frizz. [A mass of tightly curled or unruly hair.]
feltrynoun	Obsolete form of felt (“fabric”). [A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.]
frizzlenoun	A curl; a lock of hair crisped.
fringernoun	One who attends Fringe theater festival (e.g., the Edinburgh Fringe festival)
foulénoun	A light woollen fulled cloth.