- drapes
n. (AE; BE has curtains)
1) to hang drapes
2) to draw; open the drapes
3) window drapes
* * *open the drapes(AE;BE has curtains) to hang drapesto drawwindow drapes
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.
drapes
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drapes — UK [dreɪps] US noun [plural] mainly american curtains made of heavy cloth Thesaurus: curtains and blindshyponym * * * /ˈdreıps/ noun [plural] chiefly US : long heavy curtains This room needs new drapes … Useful english dictionary
drapes — [dreıps] n [plural] AmE long heavy curtains … Dictionary of contemporary English
drapes — [ dreıps ] noun plural AMERICAN curtains made of heavy cloth … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
drapes — (n.) curtains, 1895, see DRAPE (Cf. drape) (n.) … Etymology dictionary
drapes — dreɪp n. curtain, drapery; manner in which something drapes and hangs in folds v. cover with cloth, adorn with drapery; hang or stretch out loosely; arrange in graceful folds … English contemporary dictionary
DRAPES Seno — ut primum Gallia defecit, collectis undique perditis hominibus, impedimenta et commeatus Romanorum intercepit. Hirtius l. 8. de B. G. c. 30. Captus a Caninio paucis diebus sese cibo abstinuit atque ita interiit. Ibid. c. 44 … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
drapes — noun Heavy cloth hung over a window. Syn: curtains … Wiktionary
drapes — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. window covering, drapery, hanging; see curtain … English dictionary for students
drapes — spread … Anagrams dictionary
drapes — chiefly N. Amer. long curtains. → drape … English new terms dictionary
