chenille

Questions about chenille

What does chenille mean?

chenille means "a soft tufted cord used in embroidery". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chenille?

chenille has 3 syllables: che-ni-lle. The stress falls on "che".

What is another word for chenille?

Close synonyms include chenille cord. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chenille a common word?

chenille is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.