[ US /ˈfɫænəɫ/ ]
[ UK /flˈænə‍l/ ]
NOUN
  1. a soft light woolen fabric; used for clothing
  2. bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body
  3. (usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth
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How To Use flannel In A Sentence

  • Still, the crêpe was even oilier - thick, flabby and barely hot, with the flavour of an onion-soaked flannel. Times, Sunday Times
  • Put a drop of peppermint oil on a flannel or tea towel. The Sun
  • Two flannels, draped across this, were mermaids, who swam and flopped and basked on islands of flesh.
  • I could hear my little one screaming and then heard Ryan telling him to calm down and get mummy some flannels.
  • Consider earth tones of all kinds, and different kinds of fabrics like cotton flannel, faux leather, warm chenille, and luxurious velvet.
  • Cotton flannel and knit sheets offer you more softness without crispness, which is just what some people want. HOME COMFORTS
  • Traditionally, white flannels are worn when playing cricket.
  • On my way out I grabbed my jacket, an insulated flannel overshirt. Arcane Circle
  • Today he was wearing a dark jacket with light flannels pressed to knife-edged sharpness. DOUBTFUL MOTIVES
  • Poured hot oil an 'laud'num into it, an' kept a hot brick rolled up in flannel against it, but didn't do no good. The Miracle Man
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