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cloth (klôt̸h, klät̸h)

noun pl. cloths (klôt̸hz, klät̸hz; also klôt̸hs, klät̸hs for “kinds of cloth'')

  1. a woven, knitted, or pressed fabric of fibrous material, as cotton, wool, silk, hair, or synthetic fibers
  2. a piece of such fabric for a specific use tablecloth, washcloth, loincloth

Etymology: ME < OE clath, cloth, hence garment, akin to -clithan, to stick, clitha, poultice < IE *gleit- (> Ger kleid, dress) < base *glei-, to stick > clay

adjective

  1. made of cloth
  2. clothbound
cloth Idioms

the cloth

  1. the usual or identifying dress of a profession, esp. of the clergy
  2. the clergy collectively

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cloth

n.

  1. fabric, material, stuff, goods, dry goods, textiles, weave, tissue, twill, yard goods, synthetics, rag.

    Types of cloth include: canvas, linen, piqué, broadcloth, percale, poplin, lawn, chintz, gingham, muslin, lisle, gabardine, chambray, cambric, calico, drill, cotton, terry, khaki, denim, permanent press denim, dimity, tweed, serge, homespun, cheviot, cashmere, worsted, wool, plaid, flannel, silk, mercerized cotton, taffeta, pongee, satin, crepe de Chine, damask, voile chiffon, alpaca, velvet, corduroy, plush, hopsacking, brocade, vicuña, angora, blanketing, bagging, bunting, carpeting, ramie, sacking, skirting, felt, oilcloth, burlap, tarpaulin, organza, organdy, sharkskin.

  2. Types of synthetic cloth include: nylon, rayon, viscose rayon, acrylic, polyester, olefin, polyethelene, acetate; Dacron, Orlon, Acrilan, Avril, Spandex, Saran, Gore-Tex, Terylene, Vinyon, Naugahyde (all trademarks).


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cloth Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • soak: Handle, seat, trap should be wiped with a damp cloth soaked in a solution of disinfectant eg.

Adjective modifier

  • woolen: By the end of the 17th century a large amount of woolen cloth was being sold in the markets of Leeds.

Modifies a noun

  • diaper: Tom's cloth diapers were too big for his baby clothes!

Noun used with modifier

  • loin: They wear few clothes apart from a loin cloth or skirt of goat skin.
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cloth quotes

No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse. Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.

-Bible (NewTestament)

Fine cloth is never out of fashion.

-Fuller,Thomas

And there he plays extravagant matches In fitless finger-stalls On a cloth untrue With a twisted cue And elliptical billiard balls.

-Gilbert, Sir W(illiam) S(chwenck)

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