Madras Definition

mădrəs, mə-drăs, -dräs
noun
A fine, tightly woven cotton cloth, usually striped or plaid, used for shirts, dresses, etc.
Webster's New World
A durable silk cloth, usually striped.
Webster's New World
A figured cotton or rayon cloth in leno weave, used for draperies.
Webster's New World
A large, bright-colored kerchief of silk or cotton.
Webster's New World

(UK) A style of curry dish purported to originate from the Madras region.

I'll have the Chicken Madras.
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Synonyms:
adjective
Made of madras.
Webster's New World
pronoun

Former name of Chennai (the state capital of Tamil Nadu, India).

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Origin of Madras

  • The etymology is uncertain; it may derive from Madraspattinam. See for several possible etymologies.

    From Wiktionary

  • After Madras (Chennai), India

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Madras.

    From Wiktionary

Madras Sentence Examples

  • The district is served by lines of the Madras and the South Indian railways.

  • A third sort of millet, ragi or marua, is cultivated chiefly in Madras and Bengal.

  • The Eastern Ghats stretch in fragmentary spurs and ranges down the Madras presidency, here and there receding inland and leaving broad level tracts between their base and the coast.

  • Its best known hills are the Nilgiris, with the summer capital of Madras, Ootacamund, 7000 ft.

  • In this way the three great rivers of the Madras Presidency, viz., the Godavari, the Kistna and the Cauvery, rise in the mountains overhanging the western coast, and traverse the whole breadth of the central table-land before they reach the sea on the eastern shores of India.

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Words Starting With

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SASRAS

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