Plaid

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A rectangular woolen scarf of a tartan pattern worn over the left shoulder by Scottish Highlanders.
  • n. Cloth with a tartan or checked pattern.
  • n. A pattern of this kind.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scottish tartan; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another.
  • v. Simple past tense and past participle of play.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A rectangular garment or piece of cloth, usually made of the checkered material called tartan, but sometimes of plain gray, or gray with black stripes. It is worn by both sexes in Scotland.
  • n. Goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid or tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern.
  • adj. Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scotch plaid; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A garment of woolen cloth, often having a tartan pattern. See tartan.
  • n. In general, any fabric having a pattern consisting of colored bars or stripes crossing each other in imitation of the Scottish tartan.
  • n. A pattern of bars crossing each other at right angles on anything.
  • Ornamented with a pattern of bars or stripes of color crossing one another at right angles: said especially of textile fabrics: as, a plaid silk ribbon; a plaid waistcoat.
  • Checkered.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a cloth having a crisscross design
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cloth    fabric    material    textile   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pattern    checker    cheque    tartan   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Brad    Chad    Dad    Gad    Mossad    Riyadh    Tad    Thad    ad    add   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    woolen    khaki    maroon    striped    tartan    tattered    calico    corduroy    brocaded    silken