Tissue Definition
tĭsho͝o, -yo͝o
tissued, tissues, tissuing
noun
tissues
Cloth; esp., light, thin cloth, as gauze.
Webster's New World
A piece of soft, absorbent paper, used as a disposable handkerchief, as toilet paper, etc.
Webster's New World
An interwoven or intricate mass or series; mesh; network; web.
A tissue of lies.
Webster's New World
A sheet of tissue paper.
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Synonyms:
- Kleenex (trademark)
- toilet-paper
- toilet-tissue
- facial tissue
- prosenchyma
- parenchyma
- intercellular substance
- membrane
- film
- adipose-tissue
- fibrous tissue
- nervous-tissue
- connective-tissue
- vascular-tissue
- muscular tissue
verb
tissued, tissues, tissuing
To cover with tissue.
Webster's New World
To weave into tissue.
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Other Word Forms of Tissue
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tissuesOrigin of Tissue
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Middle English tissu a rich kind of cloth from Old French from past participle of tistre to weave from Latin texere teks- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old French tissu, past participle of tistre, from Latin texere.
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