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acloth, usedmainlyin the past, for putting over the back of achairinordertokeepitcleanor todecorateit 椅背套SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesCushions & furniture coverings - canopy
- cushion
- loose covers
- pillow
- plump
- plush
- reupholster
- runner
- scatter cushion
- scatter rug
- slipcover
- soft furnishings
- soft goods
- table runner
- throw pillow
- throw rug
- upholster
- upholstered
- upholsterer
- upholstery
(Definition ofantimacassarfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)- It was a comfortable little place, with pictures on the walls and antimacassars on all the chairs, and a row of pink vases on the mantelpiece.
- So she laid the doll on the sofa, and covered it with an antimacassar, to sleep.
- The antimacassar is on the sofa.
- The priest pulled out an arm-chair covered with horsehair and an antimacassar.
- The small rosettes and remaining patterns of the antimacassar are easily worked from illustration.
Examplesofantimacassarantimacassar Thisantimacassaris a sort of bag, slipped over the top of the chair.FromProject Gutenberg The back of theantimacassarmay be of either worked or plain muslin.FromProject Gutenberg The priest pulled out an arm-chair covered with horsehair and anantimacassar.FromProject Gutenberg In good sooth, a young maid is all the better for learning some robuster virtues than maidenliness and not to move the antimacassars.FromProject Gutenberg There were enormities in the shape of woolen antimacassars, a flimsy curtain hung before the small window.FromProject Gutenberg The mats and antimacassars never budged an inch from their places.FromProject Gutenberg And that evening was most surely wonderful, in a parlor all antimacassars and rocker chairs with pink bows.FromProject Gutenberg It smelt of furniture polish, cake and antimacassars.FromProject Gutenberg Not only given it to her, but fastened it in theantimacassar.FromProject Gutenberg On the floor was a worn and shabby carpet; and some plain, wooden chairs; a haircloth sofa, with itsantimacassarand crocheted cushion, completed the furnishings.FromProject Gutenberg The width of theantimacassar, at the widest part, is 26 inches; a margin is left beyond the border, of about one inch, and the depth is eighteen inches.FromProject Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/antimacassar## |