doily
/ˈdɔɪli/noun
उच्चारण डॉइली
(प्लेट या फूलदान के नीचे रखी) जालीदार छोटी सजावटी चटाई
Core word
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a small round mat made of paper or cloth with a pattern of little holes in it, put on a plate under a cake or under a vase for decoration
(प्लेट या फूलदान के नीचे रखी) जालीदार छोटी सजावटी चटाई
- The biscuits were served on a lace doily.
- Her grandmother crocheted doilies for every table in the house.
- She laid a white doily under the vase.
+ 2 more examples
- The cake looked pretty on a paper doily.
- Grandmother's embroidered doily was placed on the tea table.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
a doily (countable noun)
A doily is a small decorated mat of paper or lace put under a plate, cake or vase. The plural is doilies.
'Doily' कागज़ या लेस की छोटी सजावटी चटाई है जो प्लेट, केक या फूलदान के नीचे रखी जाती है। बहुवचन 'doilies'।
- She placed a lace doily under the vase.
- The cake sat on a paper doily.
doily on / under + object
Use on for the surface it covers and under for the thing it supports.
जिस सतह को ढकता है उसके लिए 'on' और जिस वस्तु को सहारा देता है उसके लिए 'under' आता है।
- A doily on the table kept the wood clean.
- Put a doily under the cup.
doily made of / from
Say made of lace, paper or crochet thread.
Lace, कागज़ या crochet धागे से बना बताने के लिए 'made of' आता है।
- Grandmother crocheted a doily from white thread.
- These are doilies made of paper.
doily as a symbol
A doily is used in writing as a symbol of old-fashioned neatness and polite tea-time.
लेखन में doily पुराने ढंग की सफ़ाई और विनम्र चाय-समय का प्रतीक है।
- The room, full of doilies and china, felt from another age.
doily in everyday description
Describe its size and use with a number and a measure: a ten-centimetre doily, a small round doily.
आकार और उपयोग संख्या और माप से बताएँ: a ten-centimetre doily।
- She cut a ten-centimetre doily out of paper.
- A small round doily lay under the cup.
+Collocations 5
adjective + doily
lacepapercrochetwhitedelicateround
- She placed a crochet doily under the teapot.
verb + doily
crochetplacelayspreadironwash
- Grandmother crocheted a doily for every table.
doily + noun
patternedgesetcover
- The doily pattern had tiny flowers.
doily with food
cakesweetsbiscuitsplatetray
- The sweets lay on a plate lined with a doily.
doily + occasion
tea partybirthday cakewedding tablefestival tray
- A doily covered the festival tray.
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- Radhika's grandmother kept a pile of doilies in her trunk.
राधिका की दादी अपने संदूक में doilies का ढेर रखती थीं।
- The baker put each pastry on a paper doily.
बेकर ने हर पेस्ट्री एक कागज़ की doily पर रखी।
- She washed and ironed the lace doily carefully.
उसने लेस की doily को सावधानी से धोया और इस्त्री की।
- A doily under the vase protected the polished table.
फूलदान के नीचे रखी doily ने चमकदार मेज़ को बचाया।
- The tea tray looked pretty with its small white doily.
सफ़ेद छोटी doily के साथ चाय की ट्रे सुंदर लग रही थी।
- Radhika learned to crochet a doily from a video.
राधिका ने एक वीडियो से doily बुनना सीखा।
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✗ She bought three doilys.
✓ She bought three doilies.
Nouns ending in consonant + y form the plural with ies.
व्यंजन + y पर समाप्त होने वाले nouns का बहुवचन -ies होता है।
✗ The doily is made by lace.
✓ The doily is made of lace.
Use made of for the material.
सामग्री के लिए 'made of' आता है।