[
US
/ˈdɔɪɫi/
]
[ UK /dˈɔɪli/ ]
[ UK /dˈɔɪli/ ]
NOUN
- a small round piece of linen placed under a dish or bowl
How To Use doily In A Sentence
- A paper doily is added to the square cake on the right. Archive 2008-08-01
- Then, the doily is folded on each side, making it look like a lace holder. Archive 2008-08-01
- Each team was provided with crepe paper, pins, a needle, rubber band, a doily and a paper plate.
- For my first course, I would be solemnly presented with a glass tumbler of tomato juice, sitting on a paper doily, in the middle of a china plate.
- Sel was snipping holes in a piece of paper, making a doily for the cake stand. MR STARLIGHT
- Sel was snipping holes in a piece of paper, making a doily for the cake stand. MR STARLIGHT
- She set the platter on the altar, on top of a brand-new yellow lace doily.
- She couldn't have been further off beam if she'd turned the answer sheet into a paper doily and sung popular songs through her nose.
- It looked like a doily, which is okay for my Grandpa's armchair, but really not okay for an Academy Awards dress. NPR Topics: News
- The octagon coffee table in the middle of the room was covered with a round doily and a vase of fresh flowers in the center.