Madras
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /məˈdɹæs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Madras is a noun meaning A brightly colored cotton fabric with a checked or striped pattern.
Meaning
A brightly colored cotton fabric with a checked or striped pattern.
More Meanings
- A large handkerchief of this fabric, worn on the head in the West Indies.
- Alternative form of Madras (“type of curry”).
Example Sentences
A black woman in blue cotton gown, red-and-yellow Madras turban […] crouched against the wall.
Gerry ordered poppadoms and parathas and then he was interrupted by requests for vindaloos, chicken madrases and sag joshes, rice, raita and nan, from Priest, Morgan and Maria Grazia.
The service makes available, during limited weekend hours, a handful of the company’s items—cargo shorts, tank tops, and the like—to the Hamptons house guest who discovers that he can’t make it to Monday without purchasing one of those weird madras patchwork blazers
In one area, however, I stick close to my roots: an unreconstructed loved of madras cloth. Madras (pronounced, in the US, with the emphasis on the first syllable) is a lightweight carded cotton cloth with a bright plaid pattern, first produced in and named for the Indian city now known as Chennai.
Word Forms
- madrases
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include calcutta, gingham, checkered, calico, seersucker, plaid.
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