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Chiffon

//ʃɪˈfɑn// noun

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Noun

1
A lightweight, balanced plain-woven sheer fabric, or gauze, like gossamer, woven of alternate S- and Z-twist crepe (high-twist) yarns made of silk, polyester, or cotton. countable, uncountable
"Her dresses are made from these marvelous chiffons."
2
a sheer fabric of silk or rayon wordnet
3
Any purely ornamental accessory on a woman's dress, such as a bunch of ribbon, lace, etc. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from French chiffon, from Middle French chiffe (“cloth, old rag”), from Old French chipe (“rag”), from Middle English chip, chippe (“chip, shard, fragment”), from Old English ċipp (“chip, splinter, shaving”); see chip.

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