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batik definition

ba·tik (bə tēk′, bä′tēk′)

noun

  1. a method of dyeing designs on cloth by coating the parts that are not to be dyed with removable wax
  2. cloth so decorated or a design made in this way

Etymology: Malay

adjective

of or like batik

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