rayon

[ rey-on ]

noun
  1. a regenerated, semisynthetic textile filament made from cellulose, cotton linters, or wood chips by treating these with caustic soda and carbon disulfide and passing the resultant solution, viscose, through spinnerets.

  2. fabric made of this filament.

adjective
  1. made of rayon.

Origin of rayon

1
First recorded in 1920–25; apparently based on ray1

Other words from rayon

  • half-rayon, adjective

Words Nearby rayon

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British Dictionary definitions for rayon

rayon

/ (ˈreɪɒn) /


noun
  1. any of a number of textile fibres made from wood pulp or other forms of cellulose

  2. any fabric made from such a fibre

  1. (modifier) consisting of or involving rayon: a rayon shirt

Origin of rayon

1
C20: from French, from Old French rai ray 1

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