cloth
1 kinds of cloth
2 designs on cloth
3 how cloth feels
other materials MATERIAL
1 kinds of cloth
- any material made from cotton, wool, etc which you use for making clothes, curtains, etc: cloth (noun C/U), material (noun C/U)
How much cloth do you need to make the jacket? ◎ What kind of material do you think I should buy for the wedding dress?
- (in industry) a material that is made by weaving or knitting: textile
They manufacture textiles. ◎ the textile industry
- materials made from plants or the hair of animals are natural
natural fabrics like silk and wool
- materials that are made by a chemical process are man-made, synthetic
Most man-made fibres are stronger than natural ones.
※ cotton materials
- a natural cloth made from a tropical plant: cotton (noun U)
a cotton T-shirt ◎ This blouse is 70% cotton and 30% polyester.
- thick strong cotton cloth, often blue, used for making jeans, etc: denim (noun U)
a blue denim jacket
- thick soft cotton cloth, with raised lines: corduroy (noun U)
corduroy trousers
- a strong cloth like cotton made from a plant: linen (noun U)
a linen handkerchief/suit
※ wool materials
- cloth made from the hair of sheep, etc: wool (noun U)
'What's your coat made of?' 'It's pure wool.' ◎ a wool skirt
- made from wool: woollen (AmE woolen)
a woollen jumper
- made from wool or like wool: woolly (AmE wooly)
a warm woolly scarf
- a type of thick woollen cloth: tweed (noun U)
a tweed jacket
- a very soft, fine wool or material made from it: cashmere (noun U)
a cashmere sweater
※ more on wool WOOL
※ man-made materials
- a strong man-made material that is used for making clothes, thread, etc: nylon (noun U)
nylon socks
- a man-made material used in clothes, that is softer than nylon: polyester (noun U)
The sheets are 50% polyester, so they wash easily.
※ fine or expensive cloths
- an expensive natural cloth made from threads produced by an insect: silk (noun U)
a silk blouse ◎ This tie is pure silk.
- a smooth shiny material: satin (noun U)
a satin nightdress
- a material made of cotton or silk, with a soft thick surface: velvet (noun U)
a black velvet dress
- a cloth made of very fine threads in beautiful patterns: lace (noun U)
lace curtains ◎ a collar made of handmade lace
2 designs on cloth
- an arrangement of lines, pictures, etc which make a regular design on cloth: pattern; having a pattern: patterned
The curtains have a pattern of birds and flowers. ◎ a blue patterned silk blouse
- six pieces of cloth showing these patterns: floral, spotted, striped, pinstriped, check, tartan
3 how cloth feels
- the way sth feels when you touch it: texture, feel
I like the colour of this material but I don't like the texture - it feels scratchy.
- if sth is flat, without lumps or holes, so that your hand goes over it easily, it is smooth; opposite: rough
smooth as silk ◎ That jumper is too rough for me to wear.
- smooth and soft: silky
The shirt feels really silky, but it's actually nylon.
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- material with rubber (or sth like rubber) in it to make it stretch: elastic (noun U)
- a very strong thick cotton cloth, used for sails, bags, etc: canvas (noun U)
canvas shoes
- a piece of cloth with a design sewn in coloured thread: tapestry
tapestries hanging on the walls of a room
- to make cloth by passing threads under and over a series of other threads which are attached to a frame: weave* (sth); something which is made in this way is woven
This coat is made from hand-woven Harris tweed.
- a person who weaves cloth: weaver
- the frame used for weaving: loom
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