Beside him lay a little child, with her round white arms encircling his brown sinewy neck; and her golden-haired head resting upon the breast of his velveteen tunic.
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Velveteen
//ˈvɛlvətiːn//
Synonyms for "velveteen" (5 found)
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5 entriesTranslations
23 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- бархет noun (cotton fabric with a short pile)
- памучно кадифе noun (cotton fabric with a short pile)
Catalan
1 entries- vellutina noun (cotton fabric with a short pile)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 棉絨 /棉绒 noun (cotton fabric with a short pile)
Esperanto
1 entries- veluro noun (cotton fabric with a short pile)
Finnish
1 entries- puuvillasametti noun (cotton fabric with a short pile)
French
1 entries- veloutine noun (cotton fabric with a short pile)
German
3 entries- Baumwollsamt noun (cotton fabric with a short pile)
- Nickistoff noun (cotton fabric with a short pile)
- Veloursamt noun (cotton fabric with a short pile)
Ido
1 entries- koton-veluro noun (cotton fabric with a short pile)
Irish
1 entries- veilbhitín noun (cotton fabric with a short pile)
Italian
1 entries- vellutino noun (cotton fabric with a short pile)
Japanese
1 entries- 別珍 noun (cotton fabric with a short pile)
Korean
1 entries- 벨베틴 noun (cotton fabric with a short pile)
Polish
1 entries- welwet noun (cotton fabric with a short pile)
Russian
3 entries- вельве́т noun (cotton fabric with a short pile)
- манче́стер noun (cotton fabric with a short pile)
- плис noun (cotton fabric with a short pile)
Spanish
2 entries- pana noun (cotton fabric with a short pile)
- velludillo noun (cotton fabric with a short pile)
Uyghur
1 entries- مەخمەل noun (cotton fabric with a short pile)
Welsh
1 entries- melfaréd noun (cotton fabric with a short pile)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
It was a boy dressed in ragged velveteen breeches, and thin discoloured shirt.
Source: tatoeba (12358587)
Are velvet, velveteen, plush and velour the same kind of fabric?
Source: tatoeba (13081663)
[…] I'm trying to build a story that not only unlocks the velveteen secrets of her teenager's heart, but also contains action, development, along with—God help me—some imitation of meaning.
Source: wiktionary
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