noun

cashmere

cashmere

She wore a soft cashmere sweater.

She wore a soft cashmere sweater.

Cashmere is a very expensive wool.

Cashmere is a very expensive wool.

((noun)) A type of fine, soft wool. Cashmere is a very expensive wool.

((noun as modifier)) to describe something made of this wool. She wore a soft cashmere sweater.

Synonyms: pashmina, merino wool, angora

Named after Kashmir, a region in the northern Indian subcontinent, from where the fine wool was originally exported.

Think of a luxurious, soft material from a faraway, exotic place (Kashmir).

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