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# damask

«damask» in Mova's school dictionary: **A rich cloth with patterns woven into it, used for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (damasks)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A rich cloth with patterns woven into it, used for curtains and tablecloths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/damask/#m1)

2) (old use) A pinkish-red colour, as in «damask roses». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/damask/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

describes rich curtains, hangings and flowers in a palace

### examples

- Everywhere were mirrors, lights, flowers and damask hangings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/damask/#x1)
- The curtains were of damask with gold tassels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/damask/#x2)
- There were damask roses in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/damask/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «damask» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/damask/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.