Dictionary entry
Velours
Pronunciation
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Definition
velour (also velours ) / vǝ'lƱǝ(r) / n [U] ကတၱီပါ အထူစား။ a velour coat.
Examples
- ‘Then there's Leon
- Marilyn's husband
- who goes to work on casual Fridays wearing a velour leisure suit.’
- ‘He wears a black velour tracksuit with white piping and white high-top sneakers
- and his dark
- auburn-tinged hair is cut short on the sides and longer and somewhat spiky on top.’
- ‘She was the first girl in the class to get her ears pierced
- the first to own a velour tracksuit (we all lusted after it - this was 1980 after all)
- the first to have her own record player in her room.’
- ‘Since I had about a half hour to wait for breakfast
- I took a shower and dressed in one of my new pairs of velour sweats.’
- ‘He was wearing a black Sean Jean head-to-toe velour suit.’
- ‘I walked into a lavish guest bedroom with a four-poster bed and heavy velour curtains.’
- ‘For all the models there is a new range of interior cloth trims
- and for Eleganza models also a choice of velour trims.’
- ‘The clothes were immaculately cut
- Mary's grey flannels
- pinstripes and wool velours were really
- really good clothes.’
- ‘This year I am going to spend Christmas Day slumped in front of the telly in an atrocious velour tracksuit.’
- ‘The sport car comes equipped with a leather steering wheel
- leather gear knob
- velour upholstery
- body coloured spoiler and rugged metallic pedals.’
- ‘It's a lot easier to clean the kind of mess young kids make from leather trim than it is from some of that plush velour material.’
- ‘Velvet
- faux fur and velour are rich
- soft to the touch fabrics that can be used for comforters
- blankets and throw pillows.’
- ‘Waking up early that day in order to leave extra early and have time to stop at Starbucks for breakfast
- Madison and I both showered and then dressed in matching velour sweats
- mine in pink and hers in blue.’
- ‘I changed into the red velour sweat jacket
- a pair of baggy jeans
- left my UGGS on and under my shirt pulled on a black ‘Led Zepplin’ shirt.’
- ‘He made his reputation by throwing his weight around the department
- a considerable girth I might add which he unfortunately chose to cover in velour workout suits.’
- ‘She is also quick to point out that there's more to her than just being a footballer's girlfriend and spending money on pink velour leisure suits.’
- ‘These velour pants from Hugo Boss are perfect for lounging around
- by merging comfort and style.’
- ‘The living room was home to a velour three-piece suite and we used the open fire a lot until we discovered the chimney had been blocked all along.’
- ‘There are 87 bedrooms
- all in country-house style
- and the newly decorated executive rooms
- some with four-poster beds
- feature darker
- lusher colour schemes in opulent damasks and velours.’
- ‘There were dresses made out of terrycloth and macramé and velour and shorts that were really skirts and sweaters that doubled as jackets.’