tapestry

A thick cloth with pictures or patterns woven into it, usually hung on a wall.

• A tapestry hangs above the fireplace.
• The museum owns several medieval tapestries.
• She wove a tapestry showing birds and flowers.

Similar words: wall hanging

Common phrases: wall tapestry, woven tapestry, medieval tapestry

A rich mixture of many different things that together form an interesting whole.

• The city has a rich tapestry of cultures.
• Her memories form a tapestry of family life.
• The book explores the complex tapestry of human experience.

How to use it: a tapestry of something (The festival celebrates a tapestry of local traditions.)

Similar words: mixture, mosaic

Common phrases: rich tapestry, tapestry of life, tapestry of cultures

To decorate something with woven picture cloths, or with patterns that look similar.

• They planned to tapestry the hall.
• Rich cloths tapestried the walls of the room.
• Autumn leaves tapestry the forest floor.

Similar words: decorate, adorn

Common phrases: tapestry the walls, tapestry a room