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moire (mwär, mwä-r

, môr, mô-r

)

A watered or moiré fabric.

[French; see moiré.]

moire [mwɑː]

(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a fabric, usually silk, having a watered effect

[from French, earlier mouaire, from mohair]

moire - Having a variegated or clouded appearance, like that of watered silk.

See also related terms for variegated.

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Noun	1.	moire - silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern watered-silk cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
Adj.	1.	moire - (of silk fabric) having a wavelike pattern watered patterned - having patterns (especially colorful patterns)

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