English words for 'a light patterned cotton cloth'
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noun
noun
- a fabric of linen or cotton or silk or wool with a reversible pattern woven into it
- a table linen made from linen with a damask pattern
- An ornate silk fabric originating from Damascus.
- A damask rose, Rosa × damascena.
- Linen so woven that a pattern is produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast of colour.
- The peculiar markings or water of such steel.
- A grayish-pink color, like that of the damask rose.
- Damascus steel.
- A heavy woolen or worsted stuff with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask; made for furniture covering and hangings.
adj
verb
noun
- A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, used for curtains, etc,.
- Thin canvas glued on the inside of panels to prevent shrinking, checking, etc.
- (theater) A theater drop that appears opaque when a scene in front is lighted and transparent or translucent when a scene in back is lighted.
- A woven, nonwoven or knitted fabric composed of continuous strands of material used for reinforcing or strengthening membranes.
- A large military scarf, usually camouflage coloured and used for concealment when not used as a scarf.
- (photography) A sheet of gauze etc. used to reduce the intensity of light.
- (online gaming) A practice match between one or more organized teams usually in preparation for a more competitive format, such as a tournament.
- a firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater
verb
noun
- plain-woven cotton fabric
- (textile) Any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.
- Any of several different moths, especially the muslin moth, Diaphora mendica.
- (US) Fabric made of cotton, flax (linen), hemp, or silk, finely or coarsely woven.
- Woman as sex object; prostitute, as in a bit of muslin.
- Any of a wide variety of tightly-woven thin fabrics, especially those used for bedlinen.
- (countable) A dressmaker's pattern made from inexpensive cloth for fitting.
- (US) Woven cotton or linen fabrics, especially when used for items other than garments.
noun
- A fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers.
- (horse racing, usually in the plural) The garments worn by a jockey displaying the colors of the horse's owner.
- (chiefly uncountable) A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider).
- (circus arts, in the plural) A pair of long silk sheets suspended in the air on which a performer performs tricks.
- Anything which resembles silk, such as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize, or the seed covering of bombaxes.
- (colloquial) A Queen's Counsel, King's Counsel or Senior Counsel.
- The gown worn by a Senior (i.e. Queen's/King's) Counsel.
- animal fibers produced by silkworms and other larvae that spin cocoons and by most spiders
- a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae
verb
noun
- a soft light woolen fabric; used for clothing
- (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
- bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body
- (uncountable) A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.
- (New Zealand, British, countable) A washcloth.
- (US, countable) A flannel shirt.
- (slang, uncountable) Soothing, plausible untruth or half-truth; claptrap.
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verb
noun
adj
- made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned
- having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
- Made of calico or resembling the color of calico cloth, having a pattern of red and contrasting areas; variegated.
- Having red, brunette, and blond hair colors, resembling the fur of a calico cat.
noun
- A coarse, durable cotton fabric.
- (countable, golf, informal) A club with a head made from hickory wood.
- (countable) Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genera Carya and Annamocarya, one species of which, Carya illinoinensis, is the source of pecan nuts.
- (uncountable) The wood of these trees.
- American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts
- valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees
noun
- A dense, plain woven cloth, usually made of cotton or a cotton blend.
- (historical) A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men’s garments, usually of double width (i.e., a yard and a half); so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide.
- a closely woven silk or synthetic fabric with a narrow crosswise rib
- a densely textured woolen fabric with a lustrous finish
noun
- a thick twilled fabric of wool and cotton
- the expensive silvery grey fur of the chinchilla
- small rodent with soft pearly grey fur; native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur
- (countable) A small, crepuscular rodent of the genus Chinchilla, native to the Andes Mountains, prized for their very soft fur and often kept as pets.
- (uncountable) The fur of a chinchilla, used for clothing.
- A variety of Persian cat with white fur and green eyes.
noun
- A thin fabric with a loose, open weave.
- Mist or haze
- Ellipsis of wire gauze
- (medicine) A similar bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing.
- A thin woven metal or plastic mesh.
- a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
- (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings
verb
noun
- (uncountable) A coarse cotton fabric.
- A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.
- A protuberance on a level surface.
- A light blow or jolting collision.
- (US, broadcasting) A short, self-promotional spot on a radio or television station.
- The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
- (rowing) The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.
- A training match for a fighting dog.
- A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.
- (US, slang, uncountable) Music, especially played over speakers at loud volume with strong bass frequency response.
- The sound of such a collision.
- (preceded by definite article) A disco dance in which partners rhythmically bump their hips together.
- (snooker, slang) The jaw of either of the middle pockets.
- The breeding call made by the bittern; a boom.
- In skipping, a single jump over two consecutive turns of the rope.
- (mining) A sudden movement of underground strata, preceded by a characteristic sound.
- (slang) A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.
- (colloquial) A minor problem or difficulty.
- (card games) In the game of khanhoo, the act of claiming a newly discarded card when it is not one's turn, permitted when one can use the card to form a meld other than a sequence.
- (Internet) A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
- (industrial relations) A reassignment of jobs within an organization (for example, when an existing employee leaves) on the basis of seniority.
- an impact (as from a collision)
- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- a lump on the body caused by a blow
intj
verb
- (criminal slang and US military slang, circa 1920–1950) To encounter and stop, to catch.
- (slang, transitive) To assassinate; to bump off.
- To move up or down by a step; displace.
- (physical chemistry, of a superheated liquid) To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
- (transitive) To move the time of (a scheduled event).
- (transitive) To pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins.
- (industrial relations, transitive) To displace (another employee in an organization) on the basis of seniority.
- (Internet) To post in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
- (card games) In the game of khanhoo, to claim a newly discarded card when it is not one's turn, permitted when one can use the card to form a meld other than a sequence.
- (slang) To play music through a speaker, often loudly and in public.
- Of a bittern, to make its characteristic breeding call.
- To knock against or run into with a jolt.
- (transitive) To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.
- (intransitive) To move while bumping up and down, as a cart or car does on rough ground.
- to play music at loud volume
- remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied
- knock against with force or violence
- dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward
- to enjoy some music greatly
- come upon, as if by accident; meet with
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
noun
- The texture of a cloth.
- A material made of fibers; especially, a woven one.
- (computing) Interconnected nodes that look like a textile fabric when diagrammed.
- (figurative) The framework underlying a structure.
- (archaeology) The fired clay material of pottery artifacts.
- (petrology) The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.
- The physical material of a building.
- artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
- the underlying structure
verb
noun
- a fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven pattern of small repeated figures
- garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement
- (art, chiefly architecture, decorative arts, embroidery) A repeating geometrical or (often stylised) floral pattern, usually of small diamonds evenly spaced, that decorates a flat surface, sometimes in bas-relief; diaperwork.
- (chiefly Canada, US, Philippines, India) An absorbent garment worn around the crotch that retains the wearer's urine and feces, often worn by a baby or young child who is not yet toilet trained, or by an adult who is incontinent or wets the bed, or under extreme working conditions without access to a toilet; a nappy.
- (heraldry, chiefly historical) A repeating geometrical or floral pattern, used to cover the surface of a shield and forming the ground for any charges.
- (Canada, US, colloquial, humorous, possibly derogatory) A piece of clothing that resembles the shape of a diaper (noun sense 1) but lacks the absorbency.
- (historical) A textile fabric having a repeating pattern, especially of diamonds or flowers, formed by alternating directions of thread.
- (chiefly Canada, US, colloquial, sometimes humorous) Something that absorbs and collects (retains) liquid or waste material, much like a diaper (noun sense 1).
verb
noun
- cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds
- hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- Cloth, or woollen materials in general.
- (uncountable) Cloth draped gracefully in folds.
- The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth.
- (countable) A piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain; a drape.
noun
verb
noun
- A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface.
- (Ireland) A death notice printed on white card with a background of black crepe paper or cloth, placed on the door of a residence or business.
- A flat round pancake-like pastry from Lower Brittany, made with wheat.
- Rubber in sheets, used especially for shoe soles.
- Crepe paper; thin, crinkled tissue paper.
- a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface
- small very thin pancake
- paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations
verb
noun
- a cloth having a crisscross design
- (textiles) A type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern.
- The typical chequered pattern of a plaid; tartan.
- A length of such material used as a piece of clothing, formerly worn in the Scottish Highlands and other parts of northern Britain and remaining as an item of ceremonial dress worn by members of Scottish pipe bands.
adj
noun
- a cloth having a crisscross design
- (countable, fishing) A type of fly used in fly fishing, often to catch salmon.
- (uncountable, chiefly attributive) Originally a trade name in the form Tartan: a synthetic resin used for surfacing ramps, running tracks, etc.
- (nautical) A type of one-masted vessel with a lateen sail and a foresail, used in the Mediterranean.
- (uncountable) Preceded by the: a group of people customarily wearing tartan; Scottish Highlanders or Scottish people collectively; also, the soldiers of a Scottish Highland regiment collectively.
- (countable) A pattern used on such fabric.
- (uncountable, Scotland) Ellipsis of tartan-purry (“a porridge made from cabbage mixed with oatmeal”).
- (countable) An individual who wears tartan (etymology 1 sense 1.2); specifically, a Scottish Highlander, or a Scottish person (chiefly a Scotsman) in general.
- (uncountable) Clothing made from this fabric.
- (uncountable) Woven woollen fabric with a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles originally associated with Scottish Highlanders, now with different clans (though this only dates from the late 18th century) and some Scottish families and institutions having their own patterns; (countable) a particular type of such fabric.
- (countable, UK) A young person who is a member of a Protestant gang in Northern Ireland.
adj
verb
noun
noun
- a fabric of linen or cotton or silk or wool with a reversible pattern woven into it
- a table linen made from linen with a damask pattern
- An ornate silk fabric originating from Damascus.
- A damask rose, Rosa × damascena.
- Linen so woven that a pattern is produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast of colour.
- The peculiar markings or water of such steel.
- A grayish-pink color, like that of the damask rose.
- Damascus steel.
- A heavy woolen or worsted stuff with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask; made for furniture covering and hangings.
adj
verb
noun
- A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, used for curtains, etc,.
- Thin canvas glued on the inside of panels to prevent shrinking, checking, etc.
- (theater) A theater drop that appears opaque when a scene in front is lighted and transparent or translucent when a scene in back is lighted.
- A woven, nonwoven or knitted fabric composed of continuous strands of material used for reinforcing or strengthening membranes.
- A large military scarf, usually camouflage coloured and used for concealment when not used as a scarf.
- (photography) A sheet of gauze etc. used to reduce the intensity of light.
- (online gaming) A practice match between one or more organized teams usually in preparation for a more competitive format, such as a tournament.
- a firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater
verb
noun
- plain-woven cotton fabric
- (textile) Any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.
- Any of several different moths, especially the muslin moth, Diaphora mendica.
- (US) Fabric made of cotton, flax (linen), hemp, or silk, finely or coarsely woven.
- Woman as sex object; prostitute, as in a bit of muslin.
- Any of a wide variety of tightly-woven thin fabrics, especially those used for bedlinen.
- (countable) A dressmaker's pattern made from inexpensive cloth for fitting.
- (US) Woven cotton or linen fabrics, especially when used for items other than garments.
noun
- A fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers.
- (horse racing, usually in the plural) The garments worn by a jockey displaying the colors of the horse's owner.
- (chiefly uncountable) A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider).
- (circus arts, in the plural) A pair of long silk sheets suspended in the air on which a performer performs tricks.
- Anything which resembles silk, such as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize, or the seed covering of bombaxes.
- (colloquial) A Queen's Counsel, King's Counsel or Senior Counsel.
- The gown worn by a Senior (i.e. Queen's/King's) Counsel.
- animal fibers produced by silkworms and other larvae that spin cocoons and by most spiders
- a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae
verb
noun
- a soft light woolen fabric; used for clothing
- (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
- bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body
- (uncountable) A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.
- (New Zealand, British, countable) A washcloth.
- (US, countable) A flannel shirt.
- (slang, uncountable) Soothing, plausible untruth or half-truth; claptrap.
adj
verb
noun
adj
- made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned
- having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
- Made of calico or resembling the color of calico cloth, having a pattern of red and contrasting areas; variegated.
- Having red, brunette, and blond hair colors, resembling the fur of a calico cat.
noun
- A coarse, durable cotton fabric.
- (countable, golf, informal) A club with a head made from hickory wood.
- (countable) Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genera Carya and Annamocarya, one species of which, Carya illinoinensis, is the source of pecan nuts.
- (uncountable) The wood of these trees.
- American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts
- valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees
noun
- A dense, plain woven cloth, usually made of cotton or a cotton blend.
- (historical) A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men’s garments, usually of double width (i.e., a yard and a half); so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide.
- a closely woven silk or synthetic fabric with a narrow crosswise rib
- a densely textured woolen fabric with a lustrous finish
noun
- a thick twilled fabric of wool and cotton
- the expensive silvery grey fur of the chinchilla
- small rodent with soft pearly grey fur; native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur
- (countable) A small, crepuscular rodent of the genus Chinchilla, native to the Andes Mountains, prized for their very soft fur and often kept as pets.
- (uncountable) The fur of a chinchilla, used for clothing.
- A variety of Persian cat with white fur and green eyes.
noun
- A thin fabric with a loose, open weave.
- Mist or haze
- Ellipsis of wire gauze
- (medicine) A similar bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing.
- A thin woven metal or plastic mesh.
- a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
- (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings
verb
noun
- (uncountable) A coarse cotton fabric.
- A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.
- A protuberance on a level surface.
- A light blow or jolting collision.
- (US, broadcasting) A short, self-promotional spot on a radio or television station.
- The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
- (rowing) The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to overtake the boat ahead.
- A training match for a fighting dog.
- A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.
- (US, slang, uncountable) Music, especially played over speakers at loud volume with strong bass frequency response.
- The sound of such a collision.
- (preceded by definite article) A disco dance in which partners rhythmically bump their hips together.
- (snooker, slang) The jaw of either of the middle pockets.
- The breeding call made by the bittern; a boom.
- In skipping, a single jump over two consecutive turns of the rope.
- (mining) A sudden movement of underground strata, preceded by a characteristic sound.
- (slang) A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.
- (colloquial) A minor problem or difficulty.
- (card games) In the game of khanhoo, the act of claiming a newly discarded card when it is not one's turn, permitted when one can use the card to form a meld other than a sequence.
- (Internet) A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
- (industrial relations) A reassignment of jobs within an organization (for example, when an existing employee leaves) on the basis of seniority.
- an impact (as from a collision)
- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- a lump on the body caused by a blow
intj
verb
- (criminal slang and US military slang, circa 1920–1950) To encounter and stop, to catch.
- (slang, transitive) To assassinate; to bump off.
- To move up or down by a step; displace.
- (physical chemistry, of a superheated liquid) To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
- (transitive) To move the time of (a scheduled event).
- (transitive) To pick (a lock) with a repeated striking motion that dislodges the pins.
- (industrial relations, transitive) To displace (another employee in an organization) on the basis of seniority.
- (Internet) To post in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
- (card games) In the game of khanhoo, to claim a newly discarded card when it is not one's turn, permitted when one can use the card to form a meld other than a sequence.
- (slang) To play music through a speaker, often loudly and in public.
- Of a bittern, to make its characteristic breeding call.
- To knock against or run into with a jolt.
- (transitive) To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.
- (intransitive) To move while bumping up and down, as a cart or car does on rough ground.
- to play music at loud volume
- remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied
- knock against with force or violence
- dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward
- to enjoy some music greatly
- come upon, as if by accident; meet with
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
noun
- The texture of a cloth.
- A material made of fibers; especially, a woven one.
- (computing) Interconnected nodes that look like a textile fabric when diagrammed.
- (figurative) The framework underlying a structure.
- (archaeology) The fired clay material of pottery artifacts.
- (petrology) The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.
- The physical material of a building.
- artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
- the underlying structure
verb
noun
- a fabric (usually cotton or linen) with a distinctive woven pattern of small repeated figures
- garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement
- (art, chiefly architecture, decorative arts, embroidery) A repeating geometrical or (often stylised) floral pattern, usually of small diamonds evenly spaced, that decorates a flat surface, sometimes in bas-relief; diaperwork.
- (chiefly Canada, US, Philippines, India) An absorbent garment worn around the crotch that retains the wearer's urine and feces, often worn by a baby or young child who is not yet toilet trained, or by an adult who is incontinent or wets the bed, or under extreme working conditions without access to a toilet; a nappy.
- (heraldry, chiefly historical) A repeating geometrical or floral pattern, used to cover the surface of a shield and forming the ground for any charges.
- (Canada, US, colloquial, humorous, possibly derogatory) A piece of clothing that resembles the shape of a diaper (noun sense 1) but lacks the absorbency.
- (historical) A textile fabric having a repeating pattern, especially of diamonds or flowers, formed by alternating directions of thread.
- (chiefly Canada, US, colloquial, sometimes humorous) Something that absorbs and collects (retains) liquid or waste material, much like a diaper (noun sense 1).
verb
noun
- cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds
- hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- Cloth, or woollen materials in general.
- (uncountable) Cloth draped gracefully in folds.
- The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth.
- (countable) A piece of cloth, hung vertically as a curtain; a drape.
noun
verb
noun
- A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface.
- (Ireland) A death notice printed on white card with a background of black crepe paper or cloth, placed on the door of a residence or business.
- A flat round pancake-like pastry from Lower Brittany, made with wheat.
- Rubber in sheets, used especially for shoe soles.
- Crepe paper; thin, crinkled tissue paper.
- a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface
- small very thin pancake
- paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations
verb
noun
- a cloth having a crisscross design
- (textiles) A type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern.
- The typical chequered pattern of a plaid; tartan.
- A length of such material used as a piece of clothing, formerly worn in the Scottish Highlands and other parts of northern Britain and remaining as an item of ceremonial dress worn by members of Scottish pipe bands.
adj
noun
- a cloth having a crisscross design
- (countable, fishing) A type of fly used in fly fishing, often to catch salmon.
- (uncountable, chiefly attributive) Originally a trade name in the form Tartan: a synthetic resin used for surfacing ramps, running tracks, etc.
- (nautical) A type of one-masted vessel with a lateen sail and a foresail, used in the Mediterranean.
- (uncountable) Preceded by the: a group of people customarily wearing tartan; Scottish Highlanders or Scottish people collectively; also, the soldiers of a Scottish Highland regiment collectively.
- (countable) A pattern used on such fabric.
- (uncountable, Scotland) Ellipsis of tartan-purry (“a porridge made from cabbage mixed with oatmeal”).
- (countable) An individual who wears tartan (etymology 1 sense 1.2); specifically, a Scottish Highlander, or a Scottish person (chiefly a Scotsman) in general.
- (uncountable) Clothing made from this fabric.
- (uncountable) Woven woollen fabric with a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles originally associated with Scottish Highlanders, now with different clans (though this only dates from the late 18th century) and some Scottish families and institutions having their own patterns; (countable) a particular type of such fabric.
- (countable, UK) A young person who is a member of a Protestant gang in Northern Ireland.
adj
verb
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