watered-silk

1. 1.

   silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern

   Synonymsmoire

   Broaderfabric

Questions about watered-silk

What does watered-silk mean?

watered-silk means "silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern".

How many syllables are in watered-silk?

watered-silk has 4 syllables and divides as wa-te-red--silk under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for watered-silk?

Close synonyms include moire. 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.