Noun: madras ma-drus or mu'dras [N. Amer], mu'dras or mu'draas [Brit]
- A light patterned cotton cloth
"She wore a colourful madras shirt to the beach party"
- A fairly hot curry dish
"He ordered chicken madras at the Indian restaurant"
- A city in Tamil Nadu on the Bay of Bengal; formerly Madras
- Chennai
Derived forms: madrases
Type of: city, cloth, curry, fabric, material, metropolis, textile, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]
Part of: Bharat, Hindustan, India, Republic of India
Encyclopedia: Madras, Mpumalanga