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ingrain

The correct spelling is ingrain.

How to pronounce ingrain

noun

Say it like: Ing-ray-n

The correct spelling is ingrain. An ingrain fabric, such as a carpet. For example: "The dirt was deeply ingrained in the carpet."

Usage Examples

The dirt was deeply ingrained in the carpet.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.An ingrain fabric, such as a carpet.

verb

  1. 1.To dye with a fast or lasting colour.
  2. 2.To make (something) deeply part of something else.

adjective

  1. 1.Dyed with grain, or kermes.
  2. 2.Dyed before manufacture; said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.

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