SHANTUNG

shantung

(noun) a heavy silk fabric with a rough surface (or a cotton imitation)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Shantung

Obsolete spelling of Shandong.

Anagrams

• T'ung-shan

Etymology

Noun

shantung (countable and uncountable, plural shantungs)

A heavy fabric, with a rough surface, made from wild silk.

• H. E. Bates

A fabric of some other material having the same characteristics.

Anagrams

• T'ung-shan

Source: Wiktionary



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