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ciré
[ si-rey ]
noun
- a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- a double fabric having such a finish.
ciré
/ ˈsɪəreɪ /
adjective
- (of fabric) treated with a heat or wax process to make it smooth
noun
- such a surface on a fabric
- a fabric having such a surface
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ciré1
C20: French, from cirer to wax, from cire, from Latin cēra wax
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Example Sentences
During the three years that she had been married, she had not left the Val de Ciré, where her husband possessed two cotton-mills.
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Her mother came and spent every summer at Ciré, and then returned to Paris for the winter, as soon as the leaves began to fall.
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The next day she returned to Val de Ciré, and her husband, who had not expected her for some time, blamed her for a freak.
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The road stretched ahead of them like ciré satin with a piping of lights.
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