Word Frequency
textile (ˈtɛkstaɪl
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Definitions
noun
- any fabric or cloth, esp woven
- raw material suitable to be made into cloth; fibre or yarn
- a non-nudist, as described by nudists; one who wears clothes
adjective
- of or relating to fabrics or the making of fabrics
Word Origin
C17: from Latin textilis woven, from texere to weaveTranslations for 'textile'
- British English: textile Textiles are types of woven cloth....textiles for the home.ˈtɛkstaɪl NOUN
- Arabic: نَسِيج
- Brazilian Portuguese: tecido
- Chinese: 纺织品
- Croatian: tekstil
- Czech: textilie
- Danish: tekstil
- Dutch: textiel
- European Spanish: textil
- Finnish: tekstiili
- French: textile
- German: Stoff
- Greek: ύφασμα
- Italian: stoffa
- Japanese: 織物
- Korean: 직물
- Norwegian: tekstil
- Polish: tkanina
- Portuguese: tecido
- Romanian: țesături țesătură
- Russian: текстиль
- Spanish: textil
- Swedish: textil
- Thai: สิ่งทอ
- Turkish: tekstil
- Ukrainian: текстиль
- Vietnamese: vải dệt
Example Sentences Including 'textile'
, facing tough times with closure of six textile mills HUNTINGDON, Que.canada.com (2004)
Britain's industrial revolution was founded, in its initial stages, upon the textile industry.THE AGE OF CONSENT (2003)
Earlier this week, several textile mills shut down in Huntingdon, Que.canada.com (2004)
Françoise Perec was not a French textile designer from Paris.INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS (2002)
Northern Ireland is losing some of its shirts: it is also losing other clothing and textile items.Belfast Telegraph (2003)
She did a course in textile design at St Martin's College of Art in London.INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS (2002)
The marriage of entrepreneurship and heritage was possible because of Viswanathan's textile engineering background.India Today (1999)
The town was split by gorges, where the torrents ran that once powered the textile mills.Coup d'Etat
We build up ideas by textile then build a garment around that rather than by what is in magazines or in fashion.Glasgow Herald (2001)
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