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/ˈʃæmwɑː/ · noun
A short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra..
When my father returned from Milan, he found playing with me in the hall of our villa a child fairer than pictured cherub – a creature who seemed to shed radiance from her looks and whose form and motions were lighter than the chamois of the hills.
[H]e seldom donned his armour, substituted costly damask and silk for his war-worn shamoy doublet, and affected at his advanced time of life more gaiety of attire than his contemporaries remembered as distinguishing his early youth.
I took them, breathed on them, polished them with a chamois and hung them on the chandelier.
Mirrors can be cleaned with warm water and ammonia or vinegar and polished with a chamois.
Once your paint has been restored, drying your car with a chamois is just about all you have to do to restore the luster.
Use chamois when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Chamois means A short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra..
Common synonyms include shammy, chamois leather, chammy, shammy leather.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
When my father returned from Milan, he found playing with me in the hall of our villa a child fairer than pictured cherub – a creature who seemed to shed radiance from her looks and whose form and motions were lighter than the chamois of the hills.
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