noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a silk/cotton/velvet etc dress
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Ellie chose a green silk dress.
velvet/net/lace etc curtains (= made of velvet, net etc )
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
black
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Do you remember the dusty black velvet chairs and the sofa with too many cushions?
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One wall was covered by a black velvet hanging.
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A svelte-looking black velvet off-the-shoulder number, with ostrich feather trim, was priced at £59.99.
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I hate that black velvet on the chairs and sofa.
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Below us, the city twinkled; jewels in black velvet .
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Her black velvet hat was slightly askew, held in that position by her hatpin.
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She jumped out of bed, remembering the state of her black velvet skirt.
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Instantly, the surface sprang to life, minute twinkling facets set in the blackest velvet .
blue
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She was dressed in dark blue velvet , a high white lace wimple on her head.
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A shining, ebony box, its lid open, showing a tray lined with blue velvet .
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Katherine and Sarah were in petrol blue velvet dresses and wore circlets of spring flowers on their heads.
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She was wrapped from head to foot in an old-fashioned opera cloak, of blue velvet .
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A tray, divided into small partitions, lined in blue velvet , lay empty.
brown
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Her bedroom was darkened, brown velvet curtains pulled to against the daylight.
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Do you think brown velvet trousers is going too far?
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No, not the brown velvet .
dark
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Prints of hunting and racing scenes, dark maroon velvet curtains and hardly any women to be seen.
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She was dressed in dark blue velvet , a high white lace wimple on her head.
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Heavy dark green velvet curtains were partly drawn across these and allowed only a single column of light to enter the room.
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Study the rich oatmeal head and the dark velvet body.
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Up on the downs it would be dark as a velvet bag.
green
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Dark green plush velvet of the upholstery into which I sink - and struggle.
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Heavy dark green velvet curtains were partly drawn across these and allowed only a single column of light to enter the room.
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The grass is made of green velvet .
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Mrs Ridley settled herself in a green velvet armchair, laying her stick carefully on the floor beside her.
red
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All those red velvet curtains and golden tassels, and settees with little golden legs.
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She slid back a curtain of heavy red velvet that screened a door beside the piano, and led him through.
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The Sphinx of Giza gazed down at the red velvet couch.
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She wore a ravishing dress of white tulle with a wide skirt embroidered with little knots of red velvet .
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Michael stared at the tie pin glinting up from the red velvet lining.
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The audience cheered loudly as the red velvet curtains danced apart and revealed the tenor.
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The engagement jewels were displayed in a case of red velvet , a magnificent set of rubies.
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Patches of red appeared on her cheeks like bits of worn red velvet .
■ NOUN
collar
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Her arms were around his neck, and her hands lay on the velvet collar of his coat.
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Eva they decked out in the gold trimmings for a General, set on a pink velvet collar with a lace edge.
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An expensive-looking man in a black coat with a velvet collar was appraising a painting.
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Unhooked a smart black overcoat with a velvet collar .
dress
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Katherine and Sarah were in petrol blue velvet dresses and wore circlets of spring flowers on their heads.
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No velvet dress , - no lovely soft crushed velvet that you could stroke, with its beautiful lacy trim.
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Impatient with herself, she went to shower and put on her red velvet dress .
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Benny knew that they must have got her the velvet dress with the lacy collar and the pumps to go with it.
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Benny was large and square, but she wouldn't look like that in the pink velvet dress .
glove
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This is the archetypal steel fist in a velvet glove .
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Even when he waves a noose, he holds it with a velvet glove .
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The protuberance under her fingers felt soft and hard at the same time, an iron fist in a velvet glove .
■ VERB
cover
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One wall was covered by a black velvet hanging.
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From her throat to her feet she was covered in velvet and gold, furs and silk and jewelled embroidery.
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The tables were covered with the velvet Dave had found and the exhibits laid out in an orderly fashion.
look
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There was that heavy wallpaper in panels, the relief stuff that tried to look as though it was velvet .
wear
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He wore a heavy velvet robe of deepest crimson and indigo, trimmed with black fur.
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Beneath it he wore black velvet leggings, and his feet were encased in black slippers, decorated with gold embroidery.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A velvet choker was tied around her neck; massive gold earrings hung from her lobes.
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A svelte-looking black velvet off-the-shoulder number, with ostrich feather trim, was priced at £59.99.
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And the third was a shining glass coffin, lying on a rich velvet pall on a gilded trestle.
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Her arms were around his neck, and her hands lay on the velvet collar of his coat.
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She was dressed in dark blue velvet , a high white lace wimple on her head.
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The line is often simple, but outfits are trimmed with velvet or gold buttons.
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There was a chaiselongue upholstered in velvet , a plump dressing-table stool to match it, a bureau with a padded chair.