cashmere
(noun) a soft fabric made from the wool of the Cashmere goat
Kashmir, Cashmere, Jammu and Kashmir
(noun) an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India
cashmere
(noun) the wool of the Kashmir goat
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Cashmere
Archaic spelling of Kashmir.
A breed of goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) raised for its hair.
A city in Washington
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cashmere (usually uncountable, plural cashmeres)
(mostly, uncountable) Fine, downy wool from beneath the outer hair of the Cashmere goat.
(mostly, uncountable) A soft fabric made of this wool.
(countable) A rich kind of shawl made from this wool.
(countable, by extension) Any similar shawl.
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Source: Wiktionary
Cash"mere, n.
1. A rich stuff for shawls, acaris, etc., originally made in Cashmere from the soft wool found beneath the hair of the goats of Cashmere, Thibet, and the Himalayas. Some cashmere, of fine quality, is richly embroidered for sale to Europeans.
2. A dress fabric made of fine wool, or of fine wool and cotton, in imitation of the original cashmere. Cashmere shawl, a rich and costly shawl made of cashmere; -- other called camel's-hair shawl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 May 2025
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
