CORDUROY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton

Synonyms:

cord; corduroy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "corduroy"):

Bedford cord (a heavy corded fabric similar to corduroy; used for clothing)

narrow wale (corduroy with narrow ribs)

wide wale (corduroy with wide ribs)

Meaning:

A road made of logs laid crosswise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

road; route (an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation)

Derivation:

corduroy (build (a road) from logs laid side by side)

Meaning:

Build (a road) from logs laid side by side

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "corduroy" is one way to...):

build; construct; make (make by combining materials and parts)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

corduroy (a road made of logs laid crosswise)