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crepe
1[ kreyp ]
noun
- a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- a usually black band or piece of this material, worn as a token of mourning.
- a thin, light, delicate pancake.
verb (used with object)
- to cover, clothe, or drape with crepe.
crêpe
2[ kreyp; krepor, French, krep ]
noun
crepe
/ kreɪp /
noun
- a light cotton, silk, or other fabric with a fine ridged or crinkled surface
- ( as modifier )
a crepe dress
- a black armband originally made of this, worn as a sign of mourning
- a very thin pancake, often rolled or folded around a filling
- See crepe rubber, crepe papershort for crepe paper crepe rubber
verb
- tr to cover or drape with crepe
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Example Sentences
The only one who did justice to it was the countess-dowager—in a black gauze dress and white crêpe turban.
She must have had hundreds—white and black and gray, striped and dotted; silk, cashmere, canton-crêpe.
I guess that grey crêpe, and the hat with the white feathers, will be about the best I can do for the honour of the flag.
She soon attired herself in the blue crêpe de chine over which she and Nance had labored so industriously the winter before.
For Justin's coming that night Bettina put on her white crêpe tea gown with the little lace mantle.
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