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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
damascene is a noun, adjective and verb meaning "a native or inhabitant of Damascus". It carries 5 recorded senses.
a design produced by inlaying gold or silver into steel
of or relating to or characteristic of Damascus or its people
“damascene city gates”
(of metals) decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different (especially precious) metals
“a damascened sword”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for damascene come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.