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cloth
[ klawth, kloth ]
noun
- a fabric formed by weaving, felting, etc., from wool, hair, silk, flax, cotton, or other fiber, used for garments, upholstery, and many other items.
- a piece of such a fabric for a particular purpose:
an altar cloth.
- the particular attire of any profession, especially that of the clergy. Compare man of the cloth.
- the cloth, the clergy:
men of the cloth.
- Nautical.
- one of the lengths of canvas or duck of standard width sewn side by side to form a sail, awning, or tarpaulin.
- any of various pieces of canvas or duck for reinforcing certain areas of a sail.
- a number of sails taken as a whole.
- Obsolete. a garment; clothing.
adjective
- of or made of cloth:
She wore a cloth coat trimmed with fur.
cloth
/ klɒθ /
noun
- a fabric formed by weaving, felting or knitting wool, cotton, etc
- ( as modifier )
a cloth bag
- a piece of such fabric used for a particular purpose, as for a dishcloth
- the cloth
- the clothes worn by a clergyman
- the clergy
- obsolete.clothing
- nautical any of the panels of a sail
- a piece of coloured fabric, used on the stage as scenery
- a garment in a traditional non-European style
Other Words From
- clothlike adjective
- under·cloth noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of cloth1
Word History and Origins
Origin of cloth1
Idioms and Phrases
see out of whole cloth ; sackcloth and ashes .Example Sentences
The core was slowly pulled from the ice sheet using a drill machinery and scientists carefully carefully cleaned the ice using cloths.
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.
However, wiping the seat with toilet paper or dry cloth can cause small, invisible scratches where dirt may accumulate, leading to discolouration.
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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