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Crepe Common

Crepe has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations

"The party was decorated with colorful crepe streamers hanging from the ceiling."

2

small very thin pancake

"I made a stack of sweet crepes to serve with fresh berries and honey for breakfast."

3

a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface

"She slipped into her favorite summer dress made of airy crepe that draped elegantly over her shoulders."

4

A flat round pancake-like pastry from Lower Brittany, made with wheat.

"After a long hike through the Cornish countryside, we stopped at a café in St Ives to eat warm crêpes served on a wooden board."

Verb
1

cover or drape with crape

"crape the mirror"

2

To crease (paper) in such a way to make it look like crepe paper

"I carefully folded and creased the stiff cardstock until it had that delicate, crinkled texture of real crepe paper."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
paper pancake fabric cover
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
crepe Suzette Canton crepe crepe de Chine marocain
Rhyming Words
cepe lepe pepe tepe chepe clepe opepe threpe beclepe ometepe chiltepe forthclepe silk crepe canton crepe acini di pepe
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