The white drapery does not blend with the black wall.
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Drapery
//ˈdɹeɪpəɹi//
Synonyms for "drapery" (186 found)
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6 entriesTranslations
20 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- драперия noun (uncountable: cloth draped gracefully in folds)
Catalan
1 entries- cortina noun (countable: a piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain)
Esperanto
3 entries- drapiraĵo noun (uncountable: cloth draped gracefully in folds)
- drapiraĵo noun (countable: a piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain)
- kurteno noun (countable: a piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain)
Finnish
2 entries- drapeeraus noun (uncountable: cloth draped gracefully in folds)
- verho noun (countable: a piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain)
French
1 entries- rideau noun (countable: a piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain)
Galician
1 entries- cortina noun (countable: a piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain)
German
1 entries- Vorhang noun (countable: a piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain)
Irish
1 entries- éadaitheoireacht noun (the occupation of a draper)
Italian
1 entries- tenda noun (countable: a piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- چوقه noun (uncountable: cloth draped gracefully in folds)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Väahank noun (countable: a piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain)
Portuguese
2 entries- cortina noun (countable: a piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain)
- drapeado noun (uncountable: cloth draped gracefully in folds)
Romanian
2 entries- draperie noun (countable: a piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain)
- perdea noun (countable: a piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain)
Spanish
1 entries- cortina noun (countable: a piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain)
Swedish
1 entries- draperi noun (countable: a piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Purple drapery hung in front of the windows.
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The heavy velvet drapery blocked out all the sunlight from the old theater.
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The windows gleamed with light through the boughs—a small open space gave to view the left wing of the building—he could distinctly see the long range of illuminated apartments, figures moving to and fro, and the richly coloured fall of the draperies.
Source: wiktionary
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