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tapestry

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Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A heavy, woven textile often featuring pictorial designs; in poetry, a metaphor for interwoven narratives, textured description, or the labor of craft and memory.

Detailed Definition
A tapestry is a woven wall hanging or decorative textile, especially one made with elaborate pictorial designs. In poetry, it can suggest both the physical craft of weaving and a richly patterned surface. Here it fits the Lady’s enclosed, artistic labor.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Weaving her tapestry, day by day” uses tapestry both as textile and as a metaphor for accumulated life; Tennyson’s Lady of Shalott “weaves a magic web,” linking weaving with artistic isolation; “Rain stitched a tapestry of silver on the field” turns weather into woven pattern; “Our family tapestry holds migrations, losses, and songs” extends the craft term into collective memory.
Additional Notes
The word in the evidence names a specific textile craft object, which may be less familiar than everyday fabric words.; Found in the poem, The Lady of Shalott by Richard
Other Meanings of “tapestry”
Also Known As
woven narrative fabric of life narrative tapestry story quilt Arras
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