Usually means: Luxurious, patterned fabric of silk.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word damask:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. damask: Merriam-Webster
  2. damask: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. damask: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. damask: Collins English Dictionary
  5. damask: Vocabulary.com
  6. Damask, damask: Wordnik
  7. damask: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Damask, damask: Wiktionary
  9. damask: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. damask: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. damask: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Damask, damask: Dictionary.com
  13. damask: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Damask (disambiguation), Damask: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Damask: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. damask: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. damask: Rhymezone
  18. Damask: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. damask: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. damask: FreeDictionary.org
  21. damask: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. damask: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. damask: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. damask: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. damask: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. DAMASK: Acronym Finder

Tech (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)
  2. Fabric Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Damask: TheFurniture.com
  4. Textile (No longer online)
  5. Dictionary of Corset-related Words and Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See damasked as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  An ornate silk fabric originating from Damascus.
noun:  Linen so woven that a pattern is produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast of colour.
noun:  A heavy woolen or worsted stuff with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask; made for furniture covering and hangings.
noun:  Damascus steel.
noun:  The peculiar markings or water of such steel.
noun:  A damask rose, Rosa × damascena.
noun:  A grayish-pink color, like that of the damask rose.
adjective:  Of a grayish-pink color, like that of the damask rose.
verb:  To decorate or weave in damascene patterns
adjective:  Relating to, or originating at, the city of Damascus.

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