chintz
noun/tʃɪnts/
/tʃɪnts/
[uncountable, countable]- a type of shiny cotton cloth with a printed design, especially of flowers, used for making curtains, covering furniture, etc.Topics Houses and homesc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryChintz is used before these nouns:
- sofa
Word Originearly 17th cent. (as chints, plural of chint, denoting a stained or painted calico cloth imported from India): from Hindi chīṃṭ ‘spattering, stain’.Want to learn more?
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