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CALICO

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

Irregular inflected form: calicoes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coarse cloth with a bright printplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("calico" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

Derivation:

calico (having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightlyplay

Example:

pied daisies

Synonyms:

calico; motley; multi-color; multi-colored; multi-colour; multi-coloured; multicolor; multicolored; multicolour; multicoloured; painted; particolored; particoloured; piebald; pied; varicolored; varicoloured

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

colored; colorful; coloured (having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination)

Derivation:

calico (coarse cloth with a bright print)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Made of calico or resembling calico in being patternedplay

Example:

a calico cat

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

calico (coarse cloth with a bright print)

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