Textile Definition

tĕkstīl, -təl
textiles
noun
textiles
A fabric made by weaving, knitting, etc.; cloth.
Webster's New World
Fiber or yarn for weaving or knitting into cloth.
American Heritage
Raw material suitable for this, as cotton, wool, nylon, etc.
Webster's New World

(naturism) A non-nudist.

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Synonyms:
adjective
Having to do with weaving or with woven fabrics.
Webster's New World
That has been or can be woven.
Textile material.
Webster's New World
(naturism) Clothing compulsive.
A textile beach.
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Other Word Forms of Textile

Noun

Singular:
textile
Plural:
textiles

Origin of Textile

  • Latin from neuter of textilis woven from textus past participle of texere to weave text

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin textile, substantive use of textilis (“woven"), from texō (“weave").

    From Wiktionary

Textile Sentence Examples

  • Textile plants are extremely common.

  • The formerly flourishing textile industries are now of small importance.

  • The other textile industries (flax, jute, &c.) have made notable progress.

  • The chief imports are textile fabrics, rice and petroleum.

  • Stendal is the seat of a large railway workshop, and carries on various branches of textile industry, besides the manufacture of tobacco, machinery, stoves, gold-leaf, &c. The earliest printing-press in the.

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Words Starting With

TTETEX

Words Ending With

ELEILE

Unscrambles

textile

Words Starting With T and Ending With E

Starts With T & Ends With EStarts With TE & Ends With EStarts With T & Ends With LE

Word Length

7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With T7 Letter Words Ending With E