| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| chambray |
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| SYLLABICATION: | cham·bray |
| PRONUNCIATION: | sh m br  |
| NOUN: | A fine lightweight fabric woven with white threads across a colored warp. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Alteration of French cambrai, cambric, after Cambrai, a city of northern France.
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