Baize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An often bright-green cotton or woolen material napped to imitate felt and used chiefly as a cover for gaming tables.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A coarse woolen stuff with a long nap; -- usually dyed in plain colors.
  • n. A thick woolen cloth used for coverings on card tables etc. Note that the covering of billiard and snooker tables is often referred to as the Green Baize but is actually a fine woolen cloth and not baize.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A coarse woolen stuff with a long nap; -- usually dyed in plain colors.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A coarse woolen stuff with a nap on one side, and dyed in plain colors, usually red or green.
  • n. Any article, as a table-cover, a curtain, etc., made of baize; specifically, in theaters, the plain curtain lowered at the end of a play.
  • To cover or line with baize.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a bright green fabric napped to resemble felt; used to cover gaming tables
  • Verb Form
    baizes   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cloth    fabric    material    textile   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Blaise    Blase    Chevrolets    Hayes    Hays    Lyonnais    Malays    Mays    Polonaise    Res   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    burlap    linsey-woolsey    serge    bright-coloured    oilcloth    alpaca    Turkey red    calico    cretonne    dimity