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tex⋅tile
[teks-tahyl, -til] 
–noun
| 1. | any cloth or goods produced by weaving, knitting, or felting. |
| 2. | a material, as a fiber or yarn, used in or suitable for weaving: Glass can be used as a textile. |
–adjective
| 3. | woven or capable of being woven: textile fabrics. |
| 4. | of or pertaining to weaving. |
| 5. | of or pertaining to textiles or the production of textiles: the textile industry. |
Origin:
1520–30; < L textilis woven, textile (n. use of neut.) woven fabric, equiv. to text(us), ptp. of texere to weave + -ilis, -ile -ile
1520–30; < L textilis woven, textile (n. use of neut.) woven fabric, equiv. to text(us), ptp. of texere to weave + -ilis, -ile -ile
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| tex·tile (těks'tīl', -təl) n.
[Latin, from neuter of textilis, woven, from textus, past participle of texere, to weave; see text.] |
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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. Textile cone (Zo["o]l.), a beautiful cone shell (Conus textilis) in which the colors are arranged so that they resemble certain kinds of cloth.Textile
Tex"tile\, n. That which is, or may be, woven; a fabric made by weaving. --Bacon.
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Language Translation for : Textile
Spanish:
textil,
German:
die Textilien(pl.); Textil-…,
Japanese:
織物
textile
1626, from L. textilis "woven, fabric, cloth," noun use of textilis "woven," from texere "to weave," from PIE base *tek- "to make" (see texture).
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