fabric; cloth; material; textile




artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

"the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"

Type of:
  • artifact; artefact

Types:
  • aba
  • acrylic
  • Aertex
  • alpaca
  • baize
  • basket weave
  • batik
  • batiste
  • belting
  • bombazine
  • boucle
  • broadcloth
  • broadcloth
  • brocade
  • buckram
  • bunting
  • calico
  • cambric
  • camel's hair; camelhair
  • camlet
  • camouflage; camo
  • canopy
  • canvas; canvass
  • cashmere
  • cerecloth
  • challis
  • chambray
  • chenille
  • chiffon
  • chino
  • chintz
  • coating
  • cobweb
  • cord; corduroy
  • cotton
  • cotton flannel; Canton flannel
  • crepe; crape
  • cretonne
  • crinoline
  • damask
  • denim; dungaree; jean
  • diamante
  • diaper
  • dimity
  • doeskin
  • drapery
  • duck
  • duffel; duffle
  • elastic
  • etamine; etamin
  • faille
  • felt
  • fiber; fibre; vulcanized fiber
  • flannel
  • flannelette
  • fleece
  • foulard
  • frieze
  • fustian
  • gabardine
  • georgette
  • gingham
  • grogram
  • grosgrain
  • haircloth; hair
  • herringbone
  • homespun
  • hopsacking; hopsack
  • horsehair
  • jaconet
  • jacquard
  • khadi; khaddar
  • khaki
  • knit
  • lace
  • lame
  • leatherette; imitation leather
  • linen
  • linsey-woolsey
  • lint
  • lisle
  • mackinaw
  • mackintosh; macintosh
  • madras
  • marseille
  • metallic
  • mohair
  • moire; watered-silk
  • moleskin
  • monk's cloth
  • moquette
  • moreen
  • motley
  • mousseline de sole
  • muslin
  • nankeen
  • net; network; mesh; meshing; meshwork
  • ninon
  • nylon
  • oilcloth
  • olive drab
  • organza
  • paisley
  • panting; trousering
  • pepper-and-salt
  • percale
  • permanent press; durable press
  • piece of cloth; piece of material
  • pilot cloth
  • pinstripe
  • pique
  • plush
  • polyester
  • pongee
  • poplin
  • print
  • quilting
  • rayon
  • rep; repp
  • sackcloth
  • sacking; bagging
  • sailcloth
  • samite
  • sateen
  • satin
  • satinet; satinette
  • screening
  • scrim
  • seersucker
  • serge
  • shag
  • shantung
  • sharkskin
  • sheeting
  • shirting
  • shirttail
  • silesia
  • silk
  • spandex
  • sponge cloth
  • stammel
  • suede cloth; suede
  • suiting
  • swan's down
  • taffeta
  • tammy
  • tapa; tappa
  • tapestry; tapis
  • tartan; plaid
  • terry; terry cloth; terrycloth
  • ticking
  • toweling; towelling
  • tweed
  • twill
  • upholstery material
  • Velcro
  • velour; velours
  • velvet
  • velveteen
  • vicuna
  • Viyella
  • voile
  • wash-and-wear
  • waterproof
  • web
  • webbing
  • whipcord
  • wincey
  • wire cloth
  • wool; woolen; woollen
  • worsted
  • yoke
  • pina cloth


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