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brocade

/bɹəˈkeɪd/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A thick heavy fabric into which raised patterns have been woven, originally in gold and silver; more recently any cloth incorporating raised, woven patterns.
  2. An item decorated with brocade.
  3. Any of several species of noctuid moths such as some species in the genera Calophasia and Hadena
  4. (metaphoric) A decorative pattern.
  5. To decorate fabric with raised woven patterns.

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