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ARRAS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does arras mean?
• ARRAS (noun)
The noun ARRAS has 1 sense:
1. a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric often with pictorial designs
Familiarity information: ARRAS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric often with pictorial designs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
arras; tapestry
Hypernyms ("arras" is a kind of...):
hanging; wall hanging (decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window)
Meronyms (parts of "arras"):
edging (border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug))
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