tapestry

Plural: tapestries

Noun

something that resembles a tapestry in its complex pictorial designs
- "the tapestry of European history"
a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery
a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs
A heavy woven cloth, often with decorative pictorial designs, normally hung on walls.
Anything with variegated or complex details.

Verb

Verb Forms: tapestried, tapestrying, tapestries

To decorate with intricate woven wall hangings.
To decorate with tapestry, or as if with a tapestry.

Examples

He tried to TAPESTRY his Scrabble board with high-scoring words, but only managed short ones.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English tapestrie, from Old French tapisserie (“tapestry”), from Ancient Greek τάπης (tápēs), from an Iranian source.

Synonyms

arras, tapis

Scrabble Score: 13

tapestry: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
tapestry: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tapestry: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

tapestry: valid Words With Friends Word