textile

4 definitions found

textile - 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 \Tex"tile\, n.
     That which is, or may be, woven; a fabric made by weaving.
     --Bacon.
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textile - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  textile
      adj 1: of or relating to fabrics or fabric making; "textile
             research"
      n 1: 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" [syn: fabric, cloth,
           material, textile]

textile - 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