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  Chambord chameleon  
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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
chambray
 
SYLLABICATION:cham·bray
PRONUNCIATION:  shmbr
NOUN: A fine lightweight fabric woven with white threads across a colored warp.
ETYMOLOGY:Alteration of French cambrai, cambric, after Cambrai, a city of northern France.
 
 
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