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cloth 
Audio Help [klawth, kloth] Pronunciation Key noun, plural cloths
Audio Help [klawthz, klothz, klawths, kloths] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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Audio Help [klawth, kloth] Pronunciation Key noun, plural cloths
Audio Help [klawthz, klothz, klawths, kloths] Pronunciation Key, adjective –noun
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| 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, esp. that of the clergy. Compare man of the cloth. |
| 4. | the cloth, the clergy: men of the cloth. |
| 5. | Nautical.
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| 6. | Obsolete. a garment; clothing. |
| 7. | of or made of cloth: She wore a cloth coat trimmed with fur. |
| 8. | clothbound. |
[Origin: bef. 900; ME cloth, clath cloth, garment, OE clāth; c. D kleed, G Kleid]
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clothlike, adjective
| Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
Cloth
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Audio Help (klôth, klŏth) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. cloths (klôths, klôthz, klŏths, klŏthz)
[Middle English, from Old English clāth.] |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
cloth
O.E. clað "a cloth," hence, "garment," from P.Gmc. *kalithaz, origin obscure. The cloth "the clerical profession" first attested 1701.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
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noun | |
| 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] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
cloth [kloθ] noun — plural cloths [kloθs, (American) klo:ðz]
(a piece of) woven material from which clothes and many other items are made
Example: a tablecloth; a face-cloth; a floor-cloth; Woollen cloth is often more expensive than other cloths.
Example: a tablecloth; a face-cloth; a floor-cloth; Woollen cloth is often more expensive than other cloths.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Cloth
Clead"ing\, n. [Scot., clothing. See Cloth.]1. A jacket or outer covering of wood, etc., to prevent radiation of heat, as from the boiler, cylinder. etc., of a steam engine. 2. The planking or boarding of a shaft, cofferdam, etc.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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