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Showing words for CHENILLE using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Chenille

chenille, hellenic

7 Letter Words for Chenille

elenchi

6 Letter Words for Chenille

elechi, elench, encell, inhell, lichen

5 Letter Words for Chenille

ceile, chiel, chien, chill, chine, cinel, cline, elchi, ellen, enlil, helen, hence, incle, leche, leech, lench, linch, niche, niece

4 Letter Words for Chenille

ceil, cele, cell, cene, chee, chen, chil, chin, ciel, cill, cine, clee, clin, eche, eech, eine, elec, elhi, elle, elli, elne, encl, heel, heil, hele, heli, hell, hile, hill, hine, inch, incl, lech, lene, lice, lich, lien, lile, line, nice, nile, nill

3 Letter Words for Chenille

cee, cel, cen, che, chi, chn, cie, cli, ech, eec, eel, een, eli, ell, enc, ene, enl, hcl, hee, hei, hel, hen, hic, hie, hin, ice, ich, ile, ill, inc, lee, lei, lie, lin, nee, nei, nie, nil

Definitions for Chenille

[1] a velvety cord or yarn of silk or worsted, for embroidery, fringes, etc.
[2] fabric made with a fringed silken thread used as the weft in combination with wool or cotton.
[3] any fabric with a protruding pile, as in certain rayon bedspreads.
[4] a deep-pile, durable, woolen carpeting with chenille weft: the most expensive power-loomed floor covering.
[5] a thick soft tufty silk or worsted velvet cord or yarn used in embroidery and for trimmings, etc
[6] a fabric of such yarn
[7] a rich and hard-wearing carpet of such fabric

Words nearby Chenille

cheney, chengchow, chengde, chengdu, chenier, chenille, chenille plant, chenin blanc, chennai, chennault, chenopod

Origin of Chenille

1730–40; < French: velvety cord, literally, caterpillar < Latin canīcula, with etymological sense “little dog,” though attested only in senses “shrewish woman, dogfish, Sirius” (see canicular); for parallel use of “cat” in same sense, see caterpillar

Word origin for Chenille

C18: from French, literally: hairy caterpillar, from Latin canicula, diminutive of canis dog