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textile.

Any material made of interlacing or matted fibres, including carpeting and geotextiles, woven or nonwoven.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtɛk.staɪl/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈtek.stɑel/Australia/ˈtek.staɪl/New-Zealand[ˈtek.stɑe̯l]New-Zealand
  1. Any material made of interlacing or matted fibres, including carpeting and geotextiles, woven or nonwoven.

    plural-normally
  2. A non-nudist.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin textile, substantive use of textilis (“woven”), from texō (“weave”).

adj/ˈtɛk.staɪl/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈtek.stɑel/Australia/ˈtek.staɪl/New-Zealand[ˈtek.stɑe̯l]New-Zealand
  1. Clothing compulsive.

    a textile beach
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin textile, substantive use of textilis (“woven”), from texō (“weave”).

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