textile (noun)

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• textile — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ embroidered, printed, woven ▪ cheap, fine ▪ a producer of fine cotton textiles ▪ cotton …   Collocations dictionary

• textile — ► NOUN 1) a type of cloth or woven fabric. 2) informal (among nudists) a person who wears clothes. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to fabric or weaving. ORIGIN Latin textilis, from texere weave …   English terms dictionary

• textile — tex‧tile [ˈtekstaɪl] noun 1. [countable] cloth made in large quantities: • Their main exports are textiles, especially silk and cotton. • a British textile company • the US textile market 2. textiles [plu …   Financial and business terms

• Textile manufacturing — is one of the oldest human industries. The oldest known textiles date back to about 5000 B.C. In order to make textiles, the first requirement is a source of fiber from which a yarn can be made, primarily by spinning. The yarn is processed by… …   Wikipedia

• textile — noun (C) 1 a word used mainly in business for woven material that is made in large quantities: Their main exports are textiles, especially silk and cotton. | textile industry/market etc: a textile factory 2 textiles plural the industry involved… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• textile cone — noun : a showy but extremely venomous cone shell (Conus textile or Darioconus textile) having a cylindrical ovate shell that is pearly white blotched and reticulated with orange brown and marked with wavy dark brown tracery called also cloth of… …   Useful english dictionary

• textile — 1620s, from L. textilis woven, fabric, cloth, noun use of textilis woven, from texere to weave, from PIE root *tek to make (see TEXTURE (Cf. texture)) …   Etymology dictionary

• textile mill — noun a factory for making textiles • Hypernyms: ↑factory, ↑mill, ↑manufacturing plant, ↑manufactory • Hyponyms: ↑cotton mill * * * textile mill, place where textiles are made …   Useful english dictionary

• textile screw pine — noun Polynesian screw pine • Syn: ↑lauhala, ↑Pandanus tectorius • Hypernyms: ↑pandanus, ↑screw pine * * * noun : a Polynesian screw pine (Pandanus tectorius) called also …   Useful english dictionary

• textile — noun Etymology: Latin, from neuter of textilis woven, from texere Date: 1626 1. cloth 1a; especially a woven or knit cloth 2. a fiber, filament, or yarn used in making cloth …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• textile — noun 1》 a type of cloth or woven fabric. 2》 informal (among nudists) a person who wears clothes. adjective relating to fabric or weaving. Origin C17: from L. textilis, from text , texere weave …   English new terms dictionary