Usually means: Light, sheer fabric made silk.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word chiffon:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. chiffon: Merriam-Webster
  2. chiffon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. chiffon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. chiffon: Collins English Dictionary
  5. chiffon: Vocabulary.com
  6. Chiffon, chiffon: Wordnik
  7. chiffon: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. chiffon: Wiktionary
  9. chiffon: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. chiffon: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. chiffon: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Chiffon, chiffon: Dictionary.com
  13. chiffon: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Chiffon (fabric), Chiffon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. chiffon: Rhymezone
  16. chiffon: FreeDictionary.org
  17. chiffon: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  18. chiffon: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. chiffon: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. chiffon: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. chiffon: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. chiffon: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Fabric Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Textile (No longer online)

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▸ noun:  A lightweight, balanced plain-woven sheer fabric, or gauze, like gossamer, woven of alternate S- and Z-twist crepe (high-twist) yarns made of silk, polyester, or cotton.
▸ noun:  Any purely ornamental accessory on a woman's dress, such as a bunch of ribbon, lace, etc.

Similar:
thin, light, crêpe de Chine, voile, taffeta, aeolian, tissue, façonné, faille, dotted Swiss, more...

Opposite:
denim, corduroy, wool, silk, velvet

Types:
silk chiffon, polyester chiffon, nylon chiffon, rayon chiffon, crepe chiffon, georgette chiffon, organzchiffon, printed chiffon, more...

Phrases:
chiffon pie, chiffon cake, lemon chiffon, Chiffon margarine, more...

Adjectives:
white, black, pink, blue, green, pale, yellow, red, gray, colored, soft

Colors:
    pale pink,     mint green,     lavender,     baby blue,     peach, more...


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Similar:
thin, light, crêpe de Chine, voile, taffeta, aeolian, tissue, façonné, faille, dotted Swiss, more...

Opposite:
denim, corduroy, wool, silk, velvet

Types:
silk chiffon, polyester chiffon, nylon chiffon, rayon chiffon, crepe chiffon, georgette chiffon, organzchiffon, printed chiffon, more...

Phrases:
chiffon pie, chiffon cake, lemon chiffon, Chiffon margarine, more...

Adjectives:
white, black, pink, blue, green, pale, yellow, red, gray, colored, soft

Colors:
    pale pink,     mint green,     lavender,     baby blue,     peach, more...



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