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   tapestry

   /ˈtapɪstri/

   noun

   • 1. a piece of thick textile fabric with pictures or designs formed by weaving coloured weft threads or by embroidering on canvas, used as a wall hanging or soft furnishing: "panelled walls hung with old tapestries"
   • ▪ used in reference to an intricate or complex sequence of events: "the loopiness of the Commons adds to life's rich tapestry"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French tapisserie, from tapissier ‘tapestry worker’ or tapisser ‘to carpet’, from tapis ‘carpet, tapis’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. tapestried adjective

   Scrabble Points: 13

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   • A

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   • P

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   • E

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   • T

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