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spun rayon

noun

yarn produced by spinning short, uniform lengths of rayon filaments into a continuous strand.
a fabric woven from this yarn.

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Words nearby spun rayon

spume, spumescent, spumone, spun, spun glass, spun rayon, spun silk, spun sugar, spun yarn, spun-bonding, spunbonded

Origin of spun rayon

First recorded in 1925–30
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019