Define the word textile"Textile" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Textile \Tex"tile\, a. [L. textilis, fr. texere to weave: cf. F.
textile. See Text.]
Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts;
woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile
fabrics.
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Textile cone (Zool.), a beautiful cone shell (Conus textilis) in which the colors are arranged so that they
resemble certain kinds of cloth.
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"Textile" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Textile \Tex"tile\, n.
That which is, or may be, woven; a fabric made by weaving.
--Bacon.
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"textile" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
textile
adj : of or relating to fabrics or fabric making; "textile
research"
n : artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or
crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in
the curtains was light and semitraqnsparent"; "woven
cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she
measured off enough material for a dress" [syn: fabric,
cloth, material]
"textile" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "textile":
braided, cloth, drapery, dry goods, enlaced, entwined, etoffe,
fabric, felt, fretted, goods, handwoven, interknit, interlaced,
interthreaded, intertied, intertissued, intertwined, interwoven,
knit, lace, laced, leather goods, leatherware, linens, loomed,
material, napery, plaited, platted, pleached, raddled, rag, silk,
soft goods, sporting goods, sportswear, stuff, textile fabric,
textiles, texture, tissu, tissue, twined, weave, web, weft,
white goods, woof, wool, woven, wreathed, yard goods
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