TAFFETA


Meaning of TAFFETA in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

dress

I thought I might have to paint in a taffeta dress or something!

Then Mum came rustling down the stairs in her almost-new taffeta dress with its leg o' mutton sleeves.

In the back room Irena sat with her back to the light tacking a sleeve into the armhole of a taffeta dress .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Hyacinth was already there, wearing royal blue taffeta .

Inner fabric: 70D nylon taffeta .

It rustles, like a taffeta skirt across the floor.

On one occasion they unearthed a blue taffeta ball dress with small bouquets of pink and cream brocade roses.

The black taffeta silk ballgown was strapless and backless with a plunging, gravity-defying decolletage.

The groundsheet is made from a strong pu-coated taffeta nylon.

Think about matte jersey instead of taffeta .

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.