Home › Words › C › cashmerecashmere/ˈkæʃ.mɪə/cashmere means A city in Washington state, United States.cashmere is pronounced /ˈkæʃ.mɪə/.EtymologyBorrowed from Hindustani कश्मीर / کشمیر (kaśmīr, “Kashmir”), from Sanskrit कश्मीर (kaśmīra).nameA city in Washington state, United States.nounFine, downy wool from beneath the outer hair of the Cashmere goat.A soft fabric made of this wool.e.g.“a cashmere sweater”A rich kind of shawl made from this wool.Any similar shawl.A breed of goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) raised for its hair.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.shairl 70% match — A fine cloth woven from the hair of a Tibetan variety of the Cashmere goat. vs cashmere →cashmered 64% match — Dressed in cashmere wool or in a cashmere shawl. vs cashmere →camelhair 62% match — The soft hair of a camel. vs cashmere →cashmerette 62% match — A kind of fabric, in imitation of cashmere, used for making frocks, tops, jackets etc. vs cashmere →cassimere 61% match — A thin, lightweight twilled woolen fabric; kerseymere. vs cashmere →camlet 60% match — A fine fabric made from wool (originally camel, but later goat) and silk. vs cashmere →sheepswool 59% match — The wool of a sheep. vs cashmere →finos 59% match — Second-best wool from Merino sheep. vs cashmere →