cloth
a fabric formed by weaving, felting, etc., from wool, hair, silk, flax, cotton, or other fiber, used for garments, upholstery, and many other items.
a piece of such a fabric for a particular purpose: an altar cloth.
the particular attire of any profession, especially that of the clergy.: Compare man of the cloth.
the cloth, the clergy: men of the cloth.
Nautical.
one of the lengths of canvas or duck of standard width sewn side by side to form a sail, awning, or tarpaulin.
any of various pieces of canvas or duck for reinforcing certain areas of a sail.
a number of sails taken as a whole.
Obsolete. a garment; clothing.
of or made of cloth: She wore a cloth coat trimmed with fur.
Origin of cloth
1Other words from cloth
- clothlike, adjective
- un·der·cloth, noun
Words that may be confused with cloth
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How to use cloth in a sentence
Mini Boden Large Muslin Swaddling Cloths, $40 at Nordstrom 8.
The Daily Beast's 2013 Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide | The Daily Beast | November 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWe set to our task with a deliberate gentleness, dabbing with cloths, cotton, swabs.
Dish cloths are rough enough to scrub your cutting board well.
The women had on long dresses made of orange, black, and green African Kente cloths with matching headdresses.
I can recommend strollers, changing tables, potties, burp cloths.
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The Malays wore long cloths wound round their bodies, with one end hanging over their shoulder.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferThen she wet cloths in the cool water of the brook and laid them across her little sister's hot forehead.
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler WarnerJess agreed, and together the two older children kept changing the cool cloths on Violet's aching head.
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler WarnerThe table-cloths and napkins were of cotton diaper, and there was a good deal of plate used, but not displayed.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamHe gone my brother Tom comes, with whom I made even with my father and the two drapers for the cloths I sent to sea lately.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel Pepys
British Dictionary definitions for cloth
/ (klɒθ) /
a fabric formed by weaving, felting or knitting wool, cotton, etc
(as modifier): a cloth bag
a piece of such fabric used for a particular purpose, as for a dishcloth
the cloth
the clothes worn by a clergyman
the clergy
obsolete clothing
nautical any of the panels of a sail
mainly British a piece of coloured fabric, used on the stage as scenery
Western African a garment in a traditional non-European style
Origin of cloth
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 cloth
see out of whole cloth; sackcloth and ashes.
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