Definition of crapes Crapes
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Wiktionary 
- crapes (Noun)
Plural of crape.
Part of speech
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NounPlural: crapes |
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| crape - small very thin pancake | ||
| crepe, French pancake | ||
| battercake, flannel-cake, flannel cake, flapcake, flapjack, hot cake, hotcake, pancake, griddlecake a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle | ||
| crape - a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface | ||
| crepe | ||
| cloth, textile, fabric, material artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" | ||
| canton crepe a soft thick crinkled dress crepe; heavier than crepe de Chine | ||
| crepe de chine a very thin crepe of silk or silklike fabric | ||
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| crape - cover or drape with crape; "crape the mirror" | ||
| crepe | ||
| cover clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!" | ||
| crape - curl tightly; "crimp hair" | ||
| crimp, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kink | ||
| curl, wave form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling" | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- crape (n.)
A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments, also for the dress of some clergymen. - crape (n.)
To form into ringlets; to curl; to crimp; to friz; as, to crape the hair; to crape silk.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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crape
krāp, n. a thin silk fabric, tightly twisted, without removing the natural gum—usually dyed black, used for mournings.—adj. made of crape.—v.t. to clothe with crape: to frizzle (hair).—adj. Crap′y. [O. Fr. crespe (Fr. crêpe)—L. crispus, crisp.]
