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cloth

[ klawth, kloth ]

noun

plural cloths [klaw, th, z, klo, th, z, klawths, kloths].
  1. a fabric formed by weaving, felting, etc., from wool, hair, silk, flax, cotton, or other fiber, used for garments, upholstery, and many other items.
  2. a piece of such a fabric for a particular purpose:

    an altar cloth.

  3. the particular attire of any profession, especially that of the clergy. Compare man of the cloth.
  4. the cloth, the clergy:

    men of the cloth.

  5. Nautical.
    1. one of the lengths of canvas or duck of standard width sewn side by side to form a sail, awning, or tarpaulin.
    2. any of various pieces of canvas or duck for reinforcing certain areas of a sail.
    3. a number of sails taken as a whole.
  6. Obsolete. a garment; clothing.


adjective

  1. of or made of cloth:

    She wore a cloth coat trimmed with fur.

cloth

/ klɒθ /

noun

    1. a fabric formed by weaving, felting or knitting wool, cotton, etc
    2. ( as modifier )

      a cloth bag

  1. a piece of such fabric used for a particular purpose, as for a dishcloth
  2. the cloth
    1. the clothes worn by a clergyman
    2. the clergy
  3. obsolete.
    clothing
  4. nautical any of the panels of a sail
  5. a piece of coloured fabric, used on the stage as scenery
  6. a garment in a traditional non-European style
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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  • clothlike adjective
  • under·cloth noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cloth1

before 900; Middle English cloth, clath cloth, garment, Old English clāth; cognate with Dutch kleed, German Kleid
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cloth1

Old English clāth; related to Old Frisian klēth, Middle High German kleit cloth, clothing
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Idioms and Phrases

see out of whole cloth ; sackcloth and ashes .
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Example Sentences

The core was slowly pulled from the ice sheet using a drill machinery and scientists carefully carefully cleaned the ice using cloths.

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Mr Pegg referred to the collection as "the pasty" due to the coins being wrapped in a cloth bundle which was barely bigger than a Cornish pasty.

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However, wiping the seat with toilet paper or dry cloth can cause small, invisible scratches where dirt may accumulate, leading to discolouration.

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Chalamet has already taken his boy messiah in the “Dune” movies to a dangerously dark place; his Dylan is cut from the same cloth, uncomfortable with the mantle thrust upon him.

A cloth imbued with ether was put over her mouth but she managed to fight the attacker off and he fled.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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