Do you know the difference between twill and corduroy?
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Corduroy
//ˈkɔːdəɹɔɪ//
Synonyms for "corduroy" (235 found)
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Strong matches (71)
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8 entriesTranslations
44 translations across 28 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- рипсено кадифе noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
Catalan
1 entries- pana noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 燈芯絨 /灯芯绒 noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
- 鋪木排路 /铺木排路 verb (to make road of logs)
Czech
1 entries- manšestr noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
Danish
2 entries- fløjl noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
- jernbanefløjl noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
Dutch
1 entries- ribfluweel noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
Finnish
2 entries- vakosametti noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
- tehdä kapulatie verb (to make road of logs)
French
1 entries- velours côtelé noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
Galician
1 entries- pana noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
German
1 entries- Cord noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
Greek
1 entries- κοτλέ noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
Hebrew
1 entries- קוֹרדֶרוֹי noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
Hungarian
2 entries- kord noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
- kordbársony noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
Icelandic
1 entries- flauel noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
Italian
1 entries- velluto a coste noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
Japanese
2 entries- コーデュロイ noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
- コール天 noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
Kapampangan
2 entries- kolderoy noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
- kulduruy noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
Korean
2 entries- 코듀로이 noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
- 코르덴 noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
Macedonian
1 entries- сомот noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
Māori
1 entries- koruroi noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
Norman
1 entries- cordéré noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
Polish
1 entries- sztruks noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
Portuguese
3 entries- bombazina noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
- bombazine noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
- veludo cotelê noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
Russian
4 entries- вельве́т noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
- корд noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
- кордеро́й noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
- плис noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- prugasti samt noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
- samt noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
Slovak
1 entries- menčester noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
Spanish
2 entries- corderoy noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
- pana noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
Swedish
1 entries- manchester noun (heavy fabric with vertical ribs)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Corduroy is a thick cotton fabric with velvety ribs.
Source: tatoeba (4515101)
Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.
Source: wiktionary
We turned to see a muscular young man lounging in the door which led into the sitting-room. He wore green corduroy trousers, a duffle coat and an old school tie.
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