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• shrink-proof — shrinkˈ proof or shrink resisˈtant adjective That will not shrink on washing • • • Main Entry: ↑shrink …   Useful english dictionary

• shrink|proof — «SHRIHNGK PROOF», adjective, verb. –adj. that will not shrink; resistant to shrinking: »Orlon, Dacron and nylon also are more easily washable, more shrinkproof, and more spot resistant than the others (Wall Street Journal). –v.t. to make… …   Useful english dictionary

• shrink-resistant — shrinkˈ proof or shrink resisˈtant adjective That will not shrink on washing • • • Main Entry: ↑shrink …   Useful english dictionary

• proof — /proohf/, n. 1. evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth. 2. anything serving as such evidence: What proof do you have? 3. the act of testing or making trial of anything; test; trial: to put a thing to… …   Universalium

• shrink — v. & n. v. (past shrank; past part. shrunk or (esp. as adj.) shrunken) 1 tr. & intr. make or become smaller; contract, esp. by the action of moisture, heat, or cold. 2 intr. (usu. foll. by from) a retire; recoil; flinch; cower (shrank from her… …   Useful english dictionary

• Sanforization — is a process of treatment used for cotton fabrics mainly and most textiles made from natural or chemical fibres, invented by Sanford Lockwood Cluett (1874 1968) in 1933. It is a method of stretching, shrinking and fixing the woven cloth in both… …   Wikipedia

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