linen
fabric woven from flax yarns.
Often linens. bedding, tablecloths, shirts, etc., made of linen cloth or a more common substitute, as cotton.
yarn made of flax fiber.
thread made of flax yarns.
made of linen: a linen jacket.
Idioms about linen
wash one's dirty linen in public, to discuss in public one's private scandals, disagreements, or difficulties.
Origin of linen
1Other words from linen
- lin·en·y, adjective
- half-linen, adjective
- un·der·lin·en, noun
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How to use linen in a sentence
Phones on desks, linens on beds, catalog cards spilling out of the filing cabinets—all covered with a fine patina of dust.
The quaint little shop has a range of phantasmagoric linens, tablecloths, and blankets.
There Are Bugs in Your Coffee and Other Things I Learned in Antigua, Guatemala | William O’Connor | January 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI bought these, and linens and house wares, stockpiling people and things while disgorging inner thoughts at a rapid pace.
I Can’t Shake Hawaii: An Ode to Returning to Places You’ve Been Before | Debra A. Klein | October 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThere were rich, cozy-looking linens, used for knee-length skirts -- inspired, perhaps, by a sarong.
Marni's Sophisticated Spring/ Summer 2014 Collection | Liza Foreman | September 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTConrad is the button-nosed poster girl for women who dream of dinner parties and white linens.
Lauren Conrad Is The World’s Most Successful Reality-TV Defector | Misty White Sidell | June 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
She would hasten to gather her dried linens, vowing all the while that the West Wind would steal them if he dared.
The Green Forest Fairy Book | Loretta Ellen BradySome centuries later the Emperor Chan received tribute in linens and silken stuffs.
Needlework As Art | Marian AlfordIt manufactures woollen goods, linens, &c. Up to 1885 it sent one member to Parliament.
The ship's boats were loaded down with rude household stuff, and boxes full of homespun linens and woollens.
Earth's Enigmas | Charles G. D. RobertsOnclean linens is quick wash and every journals is buy for readers.
Mr. Punch on the Continong | Various
British Dictionary definitions for linen
/ (ˈlɪnɪn) /
a hard-wearing fabric woven from the spun fibres of flax
(as modifier): a linen tablecloth
yarn or thread spun from flax fibre
clothes, sheets, tablecloths, etc, made from linen cloth or from a substitute such as cotton
See linen paper
Origin of linen
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with linen
see wash one's dirty linen in public.
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