textile
(adjective) of or relating to fabrics or fabric making; “textile research”
fabric, cloth, material, textile
(noun) artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; “the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent”; “woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC”; “she measured off enough material for a dress”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
textile (plural textiles)
(usually, in the plural) Any material made of interlacing fibres, including carpeting and geotextiles.
(naturism) A non-nudist.
• See also fabric
• (naturism): naturist
textile (comparative more textile, superlative most textile)
(naturism) Clothing compulsive.
• (naturism): clothing optional, nude, naturist
Source: Wiktionary
Tex"tile, a. Etym: [L. textilis, fr. texere to weave: cf. F. textile. See Text.]
Definition: Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics. Textile cone (Zoöl.), a beautiful cone shell (Conus textilis) in which the colors are arranged so that they resemble certain kinds of cloth.
Tex"tile, n.
Definition: That which is, or may be, woven; a fabric made by weaving. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 December 2024
(adjective) (used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand; “temptation-proof”; “childproof locks”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
