linen
fabric woven from flax yarns.
Often linens. bedding, tablecloths, shirts, etc., made of linen cloth or a more common substitute, as cotton.
yarn made of flax fiber.
thread made of flax yarns.
made of linen: a linen jacket.
Idioms about linen
wash one's dirty linen in public, to discuss in public one's private scandals, disagreements, or difficulties.
Origin of linen
1Other words from linen
- lin·en·y, adjective
- half-linen, adjective
- un·der·lin·en, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for linen
/ (ˈlɪnɪn) /
a hard-wearing fabric woven from the spun fibres of flax
(as modifier): a linen tablecloth
yarn or thread spun from flax fibre
clothes, sheets, tablecloths, etc, made from linen cloth or from a substitute such as cotton
See linen paper
Origin of linen
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with linen
see wash one's dirty linen in public.
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