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Crape

A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments, also for the dress of some clergymen.

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Cloth 76% connected

A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adapted to be made…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Curl 76% connected

To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fabric 76% connected

The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Flapjack 76% connected

A fklat cake turned on the griddle while cooking; a griddlecake or pacake.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Griddlecake 76% connected

A cake baked or fried on a griddle, esp. a thin batter cake, as of buckwheat or common flour.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Material 76% connected

Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.

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Pancake 76% connected

A thin cake of batter fried in a pan or on a griddle; a griddlecake; a flapjack.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Textile 76% connected

Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Wave 76% connected

See Waive.

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Crepe 74% connected

Same as Crape.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Crepe 74% connected

Same as Crape.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Crimp 74% connected

To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Crimp 74% connected

To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 5

Crepe 92% connected

Same as Crape.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Crimp 92% connected

To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Frizz 92% connected

See Friz, v. t. & n.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Frizzle 92% connected

To curl or crisp, as hair; to friz; to crinkle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Kink 92% connected

A twist or loop in a rope or thread, caused by a spontaneous doubling or winding upon itself; a close loop or curl; a doubling in a cord.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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