chambray

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
21
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈʃɒmbɹeɪ/(UK)
See all 3 pronunciations
/ˈʃɒmbɹeɪ/(UK) · /ˈʃambɹeɪ/(UK) · /ˈʃæmbɹeɪ/(US)

Definition of chambray

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A soft fabric woven with a white weft and coloured warp.
    “She lies wrapped in a book muslin bedgown, a chambray gauze shift, and a french net nightcap.”
    “I had bought some jeans and a couple of blue chambray workshirts to replace the kitchen-whites, but such clothes weren't nearly enough.”
    “Always, the relentless bass of hip-hop blasting in rooms of nautical-themed furnishings, faded driftwood, gingham upholstery, linen and chambray.”
    “When I arrive I spot the novelist, elegantly dressed in a crisp chambray shirt with a striped scarf tied loosely around his neck, sitting in a booth that both commands an excellent view of a room already raucous with lunchtime chatter”

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Etymology

From French cambrai (“cambric”), and its source, Cambrai, the city in France where it originated; probably with alteration after chamber.

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