[
UK
/tˈɛkstaɪl/
]
[ US /ˈtɛkˌstaɪɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈtɛkˌstaɪɫ/ ]
NOUN
-
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC
the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent
she measured off enough material for a dress
ADJECTIVE
-
of or relating to fabrics or fabric making
textile research
How To Use textile In A Sentence
- It covers over 500 products and 175 materials, and includes domestic furniture, lighting, electrical appliances, clothing, textiles, transport, buildings and building materials, and a good deal of miscellanea.
- He said the long term vision of the ginnery is to establish a fully fledged textile industry, which will produce finished materials if the company started producing more lint than what the customers could take.
- The Trabant, for example, boasts textile floor covering and a two-tone horn.
- Denim is identified as an "American cotton textile where the diagonal warp is a striped hickory cloth that was once associated with railroadmen's overalls, in which blue or black contrasting undyed white threads form the woven pattern. My God George Will is a bigger fashion snob than me! - dfi
- We felt quite at ease as the naturist section was a good distance from the main 'textile' beach and as a result there were very few passers by.
- This week's retail sales and events include grand opening parties, trunk shows, and parking lot sales for everything from clothing and accessories, to furniture, textiles, and giftware. Los Angeles Shopping Events and Sales Round-Up
- Mix and match your tableware and textiles from the new Design House collection.
- They entered the market obliquely through the production of non-agricultural products such as barrel staves that they bartered for textiles, hardware and cheap consumer goods.
- The textile industry still relies to some extent on sweated labour.
- This was abundantly clear in the textile district of the West Riding.