floral
something, as a fabric, garment, wallpaper, or household item, having a floral pattern: Let's replace these drapes with florals.
Origin of floral
1Other words from floral
- flo·ral·ly, adverb
Words Nearby floral
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How to use floral in a sentence
The vibrant shade peeks out behind a psychedelic floral design starring a friendly looking hummingbird.
Included in those bills was a $6,000 charge to taxpayers for floral arrangements during Abe’s 2018 visit.
The State Department wouldn’t reveal its payments to Mar-a-Lago. Here’s how we found them. | David Fahrenthold | October 30, 2020 | Washington PostIts fruity, floral notes also open up possibilities for other dessert pairings, such as with orange, melon or dark berries.
There’s a science to food pairing, and you can learn it here | Peter Coucquyt, Bernard Lahousse, and Johan Langenbick | October 22, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThis low-acid, whole-bean blend melds sweet and floral tones that manifest into a cocoa-like consistency.
Rose water is the final touch, but the floral notes it adds to your morning brew are SO worth it.
She ordered a floral display in the shape of a huge ice cream bar with a single bite taken out of it.
How Brooklyn’s First Ice Cream Girl Fought City Hall–and Won | Michael Daly | October 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe smells of roasting maize, diesel fumes, and floral soap from the streets of Harare are still seared into my brain.
How I Got Addicted to Africa (and Wrote a Thriller About It) | Todd Moss | September 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd please, please for the love of Zeus (himself a floral crown wearer) use real flowers.
He pulled a bone china teacup printed with white floral bells, Lily of the Valley, from one of the cabinets.
Short Stories from The Daily Beast: Four Hundred Grand | Elliot Ackerman | July 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTTHBlooms, a floral arrangement company for the stylish set.
When Flowers Go High-Fashion: Fashion’s Top Editor Turns Florist | Erin Cunningham | June 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey found the old woman alone, knitting in her rustic chair in her floral bower on the roof.
The Garret and the Garden | R.M. BallantyneAt the floral Games he who is crowned poet-laureate chooses the Queen, and she crowns him with a wreath of olive leaves.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred DownerShe is introduced by a youthful figure crowned with flowers, and holding in his hand a floral wreath.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowWe halted at the Bishop's Gardens for an hour, and I can but faintly describe their gorgeous floral wealth.
A Fortune Hunter; Or, The Old Stone Corral | John Dunloe CarteretThe time was the forenoon, and the two Masons were smoking under the shade of green trees surrounded by floral delights.
Devil-Worship in France | Arthur Edward Waite
British Dictionary definitions for floral
/ (ˈflɔːrəl) /
decorated with or consisting of flowers or patterns of flowers
of, relating to, or associated with flowers: floral leaves
Derived forms of floral
- florally, adverb
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