English dictionary

tapestry

/'t/&/p/I/str/i/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

something that resembles a tapestry in its complex pictorial designs

noun.attribute

Examples
The tapestry of European history.

Source: WordNet 3.0
a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery

noun.artifact

Synonyms tapis

Source: WordNet 3.0
a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs

noun.artifact

Synonyms arras

Source: WordNet 3.0
A fabric, usually of worsted, worked upon a warp of linen or other thread by hand, the designs being usually more or less pictorial and the stuff employed for wall hangings and the like. The term is also applied to different kinds of embroidery.

noun

Source: webster1913