Fabric

Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 274 v.04

      Main Definitions

1. cloth |n| |uncountable| woven material.
2. fabric |n| |uncountable| cloth used for making clothes,
3. "Man-made fabrics such as polyester are easy to wash and iron."
4. material |n| |uncountable and countable| cloth used for making clothes, curtains, etc.
5. "She bought some pretty dress material."
6. textiles |n| |pl| |formal| a general word for all types of cloth (used especially when talking about the business of producing and selling them).
7. "Textiles are one of Mexico's main exports."
8. "The textile industry."

      Main Kinds of Fabrics

1. cotton |n| fabric woven from cotton fibers.
2. polyester /polyester fiber |n| a quick-drying resilent synthetic fiber consisting primarily of polyester.
3. linen |n| cloth woven from flax.
4. "This is an exhibition of Batik work on a variety of materials including cottons, silks, linens , paper and canvas."
5. silk |n| a fine, strong, soft, lustrous fiber produced by silkworms in making cocoons and collected to make thread and fabric.
6. "Laces were typically made from flax, silk, metal wrapped silk and some cotton and wool."
7. wool / woolen / woollen |n| a fabric made from the hair of sheep.
8. "Woven gauzes are manufactured from cotton yam or threads and woven like fabric."

      More Relative

1. strand / fibril / filament / thread / yarn |n| a long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibers used in sewing or weaving.
2. "Woven gauzes are manufactured from cotton yam or threads and woven like fabric.
3. "A strand of cotton."
4. "There was a guy in there showing a girl how to spin yarn using a spindle."
5. needle |n| a very fine slender piece of metal with a point at one end and a hole or eye for thread at the other, used in sewing.
6. "He watched her thread her needle again, her slender, graceful fingers never erring despite the inadequate light."

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