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Cloth

Definition: Cloth

Cloth

Noun

1. Artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "cloth" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Cloth

DomainDefinition

Industry

Solid effects in lace furnishings obtained by moving spool threads across two or more wales and back again without pillaring between the throws. Source: European Union. (references)
 The life of card clothing may be normally from twelve to twenty years. Consequently, great care is used in clothing the card. . Source: European Union. (references)

Literature

Cloth (The). The clergy, the clerical office, thus we say "having respect for the cloth" Formerly the clergy used to wear a distinguishing costume, made of grey or black cloth. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Cloth

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Cloth is made by weaving thin strands of fibre into a sheet of fabric generally known as "material". Cloth is woven on a loom. Cloth may also be knitted or made of felt.

Cloth is most often used in the manufacture of clothing or household furnishings. It can be made from natural or artificial fibres, in many varying strengths and degrees of durability, from the finest gossamer fabrics to sturdy canvas sailcloths.

Different types of fabric include felt, satin, calico, worsted and denim. The natural fibres used include cotton, wool, flax, and hemp; common artificial fibres are polyester and rayon.

See also: textile

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cloth."

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Synonyms: Cloth

Synonyms: fabric (n), material (n), textile (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Cloth

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Business

Vocation, calling, profession, cloth, faculty; industry, art; industrial arts; craft, mystery, handicraft; trade; (commerce).

Caution

Think twice, look before one leaps, count the cost, look to the main chance, cut one's coat according to one's cloth; feel one's ground, feel one's way; see how the land lies; (foresight); wait to see how the cat jumps; bridle one's tongue; reculer pour mieux sauter; (prepare); let well alone, let well enough alone; let sleeping dogs lie, ne pas reveiller le chat qui dort.

Cleanness

Napkin, cloth, maukin, malkin, handkerchief, towel, sudary; doyley, doily, duster, sponge, mop, swab.

Clergy

Noun: clergy, clericals, ministry, priesthood, presbytery, the cloth, the desk.

Clothing

Swaddling cloth, baby linen, layette; ice wool; taffeta.

Cloak, pall, mantle, mantlet mantua, shawl, pelisse, wrapper; veil; cape, tippet, kirtle, plaid, muffler, comforter, haik, huke, chlamys, mantilla, tabard, housing, horse cloth, burnoose, burnous, roquelaure; houppelande; surcoat, overcoat, great coat; surtout, spencer; mackintosh, waterproof, raincoat; ulster, P-coat, dreadnought, wraprascal, poncho, cardinal, pelerine; barbe, chudder, jubbah, oilskins, pajamas, pilot jacket, talma

Diaper, nappy; disposable diaper, cloth diaper; Luvs, Huggies.

Covering

Coverlet, counterpane, sheet, quilt, tarpaulin, blanket, rug, drugget; housing; antimacassar, eiderdown, numdah, pillowcase, pillowslip; linoleum; saddle cloth, blanket cloth; tidy; tilpah, apishamore.

Crossing

Cloth, linen, muslin, cambric;

Economy

Verb: be economical; Adjective: practice economy; economize, save; retrench, cut back expenses, cut expenses; cut one's coat according to one's cloth, make both ends meet, keep within compass, meet one's expenses, pay one's way, pay as you go; husband; (lay by).

Skill

Look after the main chance; cut one's coat according to one's cloth; live by one's wits; exercise one's discretion, feather the oar, sail near the wind; stoop to conquer; (cunning); play one's cards well, play one's best card; hit the right nail on the head, put the saddle on the right horse.

Smoothness

Roller, steam roller, lawn roller, rolling pin, rolling mill; sand paper, emery paper, emery cloth, sander; flat iron, sad iron; burnisher, turpentine and beeswax; polish, shoe polish.

Tribunal

Assize, eyre; wardmote, burghmote; barmote; superior courts of Westminster; court of record, court oyer and terminer, court assize, court of appeal, court of error; High court of Judicature, High court of Appeal; Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; Star Chamber; Court of Chancery, Court of King's or Queen's Bench, Court of Exchequer, Court of Common Pleas, Court of Probate, Court of Arches, Court of Admiralty; Lords Justices' court, Rolls court, Vice Chancellor's court, Stannary court, Divorce court, Family court, Palatine court, county court, district court, police court; sessions; quarter sessions, petty sessions; court-leet, court-baron, court of pie poudre, court of common council; board of green cloth.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Cloth

English words defined with "cloth": Bearing cloth, Bolting clothcloth covering, Cloth measure, Cloth paper, Composition cloth, Corpus Christi clothdrop clothEmery cloth, Empress clothFace clothGold cloth, Grass cloth, ground clothHessian cloth, Horse clothLong clothMilled cloth, monk's cloth, Mort clothPack cloth, Pilot cloth, pina clothRace cloth, Rubber clothThibet cloth, tray clothVellum clothwax cloth, Waxed cloth, Wire cloth. (references)
Specialty definitions using "cloth": BACK TENDER, CLOTH PRINTING, backer and bander, cloth, beaver cloth, billiard cloth, BINDING CUTTER, SYNTHETIC CLOTH, Board of Green Cloth, BOIL-OFF-MACHINE OPERATOR, CLOTH, box cloth, brettice clothceiling cloth, cloth calender, cloth changer, cloth classer, CLOTH DOFFER, cloth dyer, cloth folder, machine, CLOTH FRAMER, CLOTH GRADER, cloth handler, CLOTH INSPECTOR, cloth layer, cloth layer-out, CLOTH MARKET, CLOTH MEASURER, MACHINE, cloth opener, hand, cloth picker, CLOTH PRINTER, CLOTH REELER, CLOTH SANDER, cloth shearer, cloth shrinker, cloth sponger, cloth spreader, CLOTH SPREADER, SCREEN PRINTING, cloth stretcher, CLOTH TEARER, CLOTH TESTER, QUALITY, CLOTH TRIMMER, MACHINE, Cotton Cloth, Cut your Coat according to your ClothDYE-RANGE OPERATOR, CLOTHend clothGreen Clothjockey clothKnights of the Green Cloth, knot picker, clothleg clothmangle tender, clothtobacco clothwatering of a cloth, WIRE WEAVER, CLOTH, Wrong Side of the Cloth. (references)
Etymologies containing "cloth": VERONICA. (references)

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Modern Usage: Cloth

DomainUsage

Screenplays

You could call me a man of the cloth, without the cloth (Contact; writing credit: Carl Sagan;)

One anorexic little looney in a loin cloth and we lost an entire subcontinent (Water; writing credit: Dick Clement; Ian La Frenais)

I have brought you a cloth more revealingsend them away (The Ten Commandments; writing credit: J.H. Ingraham; A.E. Southon)

I've never seen a man of the cloth carry a gun before (The Magnificent Seven; writing credit: Josef Anderson; Chris Black)

A quarter of a century later that piece of cloth from a dead Hun's hat had become famous all over the world (The Big Red One; writing credit: Samuel Fuller)

Lyrics

And an armband made of black cloth (We Will All Go Together When We Go; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)

Movie/TV Titles

Made to Order Cloth (1930)

Jari Mari: Of Cloth and Other Stories (2001)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Cloth

DomainTitle

References

  • Kyowa Leather Cloth Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Toyo Cloth Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • The 2000 Import and Export Market for Iron, Steel and Copper Gauze, Cloth, and Grill in Africa (reference)

  • The 2002 World Market Forecasts for Imported Iron, Steel and Copper Gauze, Cloth, and Grill (reference)

  • The 2000 Import and Export Market for Iron, Steel and Copper Gauze, Cloth, and Grill in Malta (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Simile of Cloth; Discourse on Effacement: The Vatthupama & Sallekha Suttas (reference)

  • Cloth of Heaven (Song of Erin #1) (reference)

  • Beaded Embellishment: Techniques & Designs for Embroidering on Cloth (reference)

  • KJV Pitt Brevier Apocrypha Red cloth boards, XA1 (reference)

  • Benezit- Dictionnaire Des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs (1999 Edition -- Eco-Buckram cloth w/ leather spine) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Strand: Under the Dark Cloth (reference)

  • How To Change Pool Table Cloth & Cue Tip Rrepair (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Cloth

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Pictured is a white adult female patient being readied for radiation therapy. She is lying on a table, covered with a white cloth. In some views, a technician is standing by the patient adjusting the radiation equipment. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Pictured are instruments used in endoscopy. They are highlighted in an otherwise dark picture and lying on a textured cloth. Shown are flexible fibers, a small brush and a third instrument in some photos. The fibers transmit high intensity light through the endoscope shown. The brushes are used to take biopsies. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Roles of geofabric cloth (white) and geogrid (black) on the beach. These materials were used extensively in the restoration. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

An aerial view of the construction. Placing a roll of filter cloth and geogrid on the surface, rock is then placed on top of the fabric. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Sea urchin, Colocentrotus atratus, on red cloth background. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

Cottonwood plantation near Clarno Road. Ground cloth under trees. Credit: John Craig.

[Medicine - Military: Equipment & Supplies-] Hospital knapsack of wicker-work, covered with enamelled cloth. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Dead rats spread out on a cloth. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Cloth jacket patch featuring the ship's emblem, as used during the 1960s. Credit: NAVY.

Cloth patch of an insignia used in 1957. Credit: NAVY.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Cloth
 

"Table cloth" by Stephen Bazely
Commentary: "Table cloth pattern design almost as old as i am."
"Gold cloth cave" by Jocelyn Ng
Commentary: "Shiny gold cloth."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Cloth

AuthorQuotation

Thomas Carlyle

Society is founded upon cloth.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Cloth

AuthorDateQuotation

Magna Carta

1215

Let there be one measure of wine throughout our whole realm; and one measure of ale; and one measure of corn, to wit, "the London quarter"; and one width of cloth (whether dyed, or russet, or "halberget"), to wit, two ells within the selvedges; of weights also let it be as of measures. (reference)

John Locke

1690

To constrain men to any thing inconvenient cloth seem unreasonable. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Cloth

TitleAuthorQuote

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

At last the dinner was all done, the cloth was cleared, the hearth swept, and the fire made up.

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

On the breast of her gown, in fine red cloth, surrounded with an elaborate embroidery and fantastic flourishes of gold thread, appeared the letter A.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Madame Magloire quickly removed the cloth.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

He knelt before the altar with his classmates, holding the altar cloth with them over a living rail of hands

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Joad looked over toward his coat and saw the turtle, free of the cloth and hurrying away in the direction he had been following when Joad found him.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Cloth

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Dusting with a damp cloth or oiled mop should be done frequently. (references)

If you don't have time, gently pat yourself dry with a lint-free cloth. (references)

Use disposable bedclothes and other cloth for contact with the patient. (references)

Business

Dyed cloth makes up around 80% - 87% of the country’s total production of cloth. (references)

Despite fluctuation, Indonesia’s total production of cloth grew 2.52% per year in the past four years. (references)

The sewing yarn industry also needs dyes, although much less than the consumption in the cloth industry. (references)

Children

Ghana

The girl's family must provide for the girl's needs during her stay, including food and clothing; however, in some cases families are unable to do so. After she has completed her service to the shrine, the girl's family completes their obligation by providing items, which may include drinks, cloth, money, and sometimes livestock, to the shrine for a final release ritual. (references)

Civil Liberties

Afghanistan

On May 23, the Taliban decreed that Hindus and Sikhs would be required to wear a piece of yellow cloth attached to their clothing to identify their religious affiliation. (references)

Afghanistan

According to Human Rights Watch, in September 1999, the Taliban issued decrees barring non-Muslims from building places of worship but allowing them to worship at existing holy sites; forbidding non-Muslims from criticizing Muslims; ordering non-Muslims to identify their houses by placing a yellow cloth on their rooftops; banning non-Muslims from living in the same residence as Muslims; and requiring that non-Muslim women wear a yellow dress with a special mark so that Muslims could keep their distance. (references)

Economic History

Mongolia

Principal imports included machinery, petroleum, cloth, and building materials. (references)

Moldova

The industry produces cotton cloth, industrial carpets, natural and artificial silk and natural and artificial leather goods. (references)

Zambia

Manufacturing is concentrated in food, beverages, tobacco, fabricated metal products, and textiles (mostly yarn and gray cloth). (references)

Political Economy

BANGLADESH

Ready-made garment producers are assisted by bonded warehousing and back-to-back letter of credit facilities for imported cloth and accessories. (references)

EL SALVADOR

The fastest growing trade/investment category has been the apparel and clothing maquila industry, in which companies from the United States and other countries ship cut cloth to plants in El Salvador where they are sewed into finished garments for reexport, principally to the United States. (references)

Trade

Bangladesh

Other items completely banned on either religious/social/health grounds or on economic grounds in the case of textile products that compete directly with locally produced items, including: live pigs, pig and poultry fat, eggs (except hatching eggs), poppy seeds and dried posto dana, marijuana, opium, tendu leaves, lard, lard and tallow oil, solid or semi-solid palm oil, raw sugar, un-denatured ethyl alcohol (80.0% or higher) and other spirits denatured of any strength, wine, artificial mustard oil, selected petroleum products, woven fabrics of silk or silk waste, pig hair, some kinds of cloth, selected insecticides, nylon and polyethylene ropes, fishing nets (gillnets), used or new rags, vessels more than 15 years old, motorbikes more than three years old, and single phase electricity meters. (references)

Women

Afghanistan

Women in public spaces were required to wear a burqa, a loose, head-to-toe garment that has a small cloth screen for vision. (references)

Worker Rights

India

In addition there is a reasonable basis to believe that products were produced using forced or indentured child labor in the following industries: Brassware; hand-knotted wool carpets; explosive fireworks; footwear; hand-blown glass bangles; hand-made locks; hand-dipped matches; hand-broken quarried stones; hand-spun silk thread and hand-loomed silk cloth; hand-made bricks; and beedis (hand-rolled cigarettes). (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

LINEN, n. "A kind of cloth the making of which, when made of hemp, entails a great waste of hemp." -- Calcraft the Hangman.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Cloth

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Andy Rooney

There's an official flag code but it is routinely ignored. It is not proper to use the flag as a table cloth, not to be used as an awning or a canopy or plastered to the hood of a car.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Cloth

"Cloth" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.90% of the time. "Cloth" is used about 1,940 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)99.9%1,9384,425
Noun (proper)0.1%2245,945
                    Total100.00%1,940N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Cloth

CountryName
Japan

Kyowa Leather Cloth Co., Ltd.

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Cloth

Expressions using "cloth": a map mounted on cloth Altar cloth american cloth bale of cloth Bearing cloth beaver cloth billiard cloth bind in cloth board of green cloth Body cloth Bolting cloth book cloth bound in cloth box cloth buy cloth by the yard Carborundum cloth ceiling cloth chamois cloth Cheese cloth chino cloth cloth binding cloth cap cloth covering cloth flower cloth hall cloth line Cloth measure Cloth of gold cloth oil Cloth paper cloth rash cloth shoe Composition cloth Corpus Christi cloth cotton cloth cover with cloth crimson cloth cut cloth cut one's coat according to cloth cut one's suit according to one's cloth damp cloth diaper cloth dish cloth draw the cloth drop cloth dust cloth Emery cloth Empress cloth end cloth Face cloth Feed cloth felted cloth Floor cloth Glass cloth Gold cloth Goring cloth Grass cloth green cloth ground cloth Gunny cloth hearse cloth Henrietta cloth Hessian cloth Horse cloth Incombustible cloth italian cloth Janus cloth jaspé cloth jockey cloth jute cloth Lady's cloth lay the cloth leg cloth length of cloth linen cloth loin cloth Long cloth made out of whole cloth man of the cloth milled cloth moleskin cloth monk's cloth mort cloth mutton cloth nettle cloth of thick cloth oil cloth out of whole cloth pack cloth pad cloth piece of cloth pilot cloth Pina cloth print cloth printed cloth pyx cloth race cloth remove the cloth reversible cloth ripple cloth rubber cloth. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "cloth": cloth-backed, cloth-bound, cloth-cap, cloth-capped, cloth-covered, cloth-cutter, cloth-draped, cloth-dressers, cloth-eared, cloth-ears, cloth-finisher, cloth-finishing, cloth-lined, cloth-making, cloth-manufacturer, cloth-manufacturing, cloth-of-gold, cloth-of-silver, cloth-padded, cloth-producing, cloth-shop, cloth-stall, cloth-tearing, cloth-weaving, cloth-working, cloth-wrapped, cloth-yard.

Ending with "cloth": loin-cloth, oil-cloth, saddle-cloth, table-cloth.

Containing "cloth": Grass-cloth plant, oil-cloth-covered, Queensland grass-cloth plant.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Cloth

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

cloth

1,117

cloth tape

43

cloth diaper

703

hardware cloth

42

shade cloth

353

cloth world

40

paper denim and cloth

207

cloth menstrual pad

34

loin cloth

155

floor cloth

33

table cloth

119

microfiber cloth

33

cloth doll

104

cloth napkin

32

oil cloth

87

speaker cloth

32

cloth doll free pattern

82

monk cloth

31

cloth doll pattern

82

pool table cloth

31

wire cloth

77

burp cloth

31

adult cloth diaper

75

cloth bag

28

terry cloth

67

speaker grill cloth

28

paper denim and cloth jean

67

cloth book

27

kente cloth

61

terry cloth fabric

26

miracle cloth

55

aida cloth

26

fiberglass cloth

52

baby cloth

26

terry cloth bath robe

51

grill cloth

25

terry cloth robe

50

cloth perfection

25

absorb cloth life like roll strength wet when

49

silica cloth

25
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Cloth

Language Translations for "cloth"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

cohë (drapery, fabric, material), stof (coating, drapery, fabric, material), plaçkë (belongings, chattel, clobber, loot, plunder, quarry, spoil, stuff, swag, things, trap), pëlhurë (caddis, drapery, fabric, web, weft), mbulesë (bonnet, clothes, clothing, coat, counterpane, cover, curtain, dustsheet, envelope, envelopment, folder, haircloth, hood, mantle, overcast, overlay, Pall, pod, seating, suffusion, throw, vesture), leckë (mop, rag, rags, tatter, wiper). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏قماش (fabric, tarpaulin, textile, texture, tick, tissue, weft), ‏قطعة قماش (cutting, piece of clothing, rag), ‏غطاء الكتب, ‏غطاء المائدة (slop, spread), ‏حجاب (amulet, blind, cameo, cover, covering, curtain, phylactery, screen, veil), ‏خرقة (duster, rag, shred, tatter), ‏جوخ (sheet, suiting), ‏أشرعة (canvas), ‏ثوب (dress, garment, gown, material, model, robe, smock, vest, vestment, vesture, weft), ‏رجل كبيسة, ‏شراع (canvas, course, film, knockabout, rag, sail, sheet). (various references)

   

Blackfoot

  

nááipisstsi. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

съсирвам се (coagulate), сукно, свещеници, тъкан (contexture, fabric, textile, tissue, weave, web, weft, woof), кърпа (towel, wrap), вълнен плат (stuff), пресичам се (break off, clabber, coagulate, cut, join), покривка (blanket, cloak, clothing, coat, cover, covering, mantle, spread, tegument, tunic), пачавра, платно (calico, dodger, sail, screen, stuff), платнен (fabric, linen), плат (coating, fabric, material, textile, wear). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

布料 (Cloths), 布帛菽粟 (beans and grain, daily necessities, food and clothing, silk), (spread, to announce, to declare, to make known, to spread). (various references)

   

Czech

  

utìrka (dish cloth, dishcloth, dishtowel, rubber, tea towel, towel), ubrus (table cloth, tablecloth), tkanina (fabric, textile, tissue, weave, weft, woof), sukno, plátno (canvas, linen, screen), látka (fabric, material, matter, matting, stuff, substance, suiting). (various references)

   

Danish

  

perkal (percaline), lærred (canvas, linen, lingerie, undergarment), klud, dug (dew), blondevarer. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

laken (rebuke, reproach, reprove, scold, sheet, wooden cloth). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

tuko, drapo (wooden cloth), ŝtofo (material). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

turriklæði, tilfar (data, material, matter, stuff, substance), klædnatilfar (material), klæði (article of clothing, clothing, garment, wooden cloth), dúkur (tablecloth). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پارچه (Fabric, Lot, Piece, Stuff, Textile), قماش (Fabric). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kangas (fabric, heath, material, moor, stuff). (various references)

   

French

  

tissu (woven wire cloth), toile (woven wire cloth), linge (clothes), chiffon (clout). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

ôfrêde (clear away, remove the cloth). (various references)

   

German

  

tuch (fabric, handkerchief, kerchief, scarf, shawl, sheet, towel, wooden cloth), stoff (dope, fabric, hooch, material, matter, pulp, stuff, subject, substance, textile, topic), gewebe (fabric, film, material, stuff, textile, texture, textures, tissue, tissues, weave, web, webs). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ύφασμα (Cheviot, fabric, material, percale, stuff, textile, web, weft), πανί (fabric, material, sail, stuff). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

בד (fabric, material, textile). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

terítõ, törlõrongy (duster), szövet (drape, fabric, stuff, textile, texture, tissue, weave, web, webbing, weft, woof), ruhaanyag (fabric, material, stuff), kelme, abrosz (tablecloth, table-cloth). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

kain (material, sarong, stuff, textile), encit (fabric). (various references)

   

Irish

  

éadach. (various references)

   

Italian

  

tessuto (coating, duffel, duffle, fabric, material, tissue, web, woven), tela (canvas, duck, linen, web), strofinaccio (dish cloth, duster, floorcloth, wisp), stoffa (canvas, fabric, material, matter, stuff). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

反物 (drapery, dry goods, fabric, measure of kimono material, piece goods, textiles), 切れ地 (fabric), 切地 (fabric), , 布 , 布地 (fabric), 切れ (chop, counter for such, cut, piece, scrap, slice, strip), (napkin), 裂地 (fabric), 反物  (dry goods, fabric, textiles), 段物 (drapery, dry goods, fabric, lively type of shamisen song, measure of kimono material, musicalpiece in several acts, piece goods, textiles, type of koto solo), 服地 (clothing fabric, dress material), 素地 (foundation, material, ones true character, texture, unglazed pottery), 生地 (birthplace, material, ones true character, texture, unglazed pottery), 生地  (material, texture), スンプ法 (canvas, courgette, screen, sump method, thud, trousers, zoom, zoom in, zoom lens, zooming, zoot suit, zucchini). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

たんもの (drapery, dry goods, fabric, measure of kimono material, piece goods, textiles), きれじ (anal fistula, bleeding hemorrhoids, fabric), きれ (chop, counter for such, cut, piece, scrap, slice, strip), きん (a little, bacillus, bacterium, ban, be equal to, be fit for, bedding, germ, gold, gold general, napkin, prohibition, quilt, serve, small quantity, unit of weight ~600g), きじ (abandoned child, account, article, foundling, material, news story, ones true character, pheasant, report, texture, unglazed pottery, unpainted wood, wood grain), ふくじ (clothing fabric, dress material), ぬのじ (fabric), ぬの, ズック (canvas, screen). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

피복 (Cloths). (various references)

   

Manx

  

eaddagh (clothing, drapery, dress, fabric, material). (various references)

   

Maya

  

chuulub (dust cloth). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

bleie (diaper, swaddling cloth). (various references)

   

Papago

  

ikus. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

othclay.(various references)

   

Polish

  

materiał (data, material). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

pano (bunting, caliber, linen, material, rag, sail, stuff, wooden cloth). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

stofã (fabric, material, stuff, suiting, textile, texture, tissue), postav (baize), pânzã (blade, linen, sackcloth, sail, scale, shroud, tissue, web), material (copy, corporeal, earthly, economic, fabric, financial, mass, material, matter, palpable, physical, real, sensual, stuff, substantial, tissue), faţã de masã (antimacassar, overlay, table cloth). (various references)

   

Romany

  

platòos. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

ткань (fabric, leather-cloth, texture, tissue, weft, woof). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

clòth (mitigate), aodach (clothes). (various references)

   

Sepedi

  

leaela. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

tkanina (fabric, material, stuff, textile, web), sukno. (various references)

   

Shona

  

jira. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

tela (bit, dry goods, fabric, Guinea, lump, material, piece, spare part, stuff, web), trapo (clout, Cork, cover, dishcloth, drier, duster, rag, rags, swab, swob), paño (broadcloth, dullness, duster, flaw, hangings, material, mist, pack, panel, sails, towel, wall, width, wool). (various references)

   

Swahili

  

kitambaa. (various references)

   

Swazi

  

ín-hlwîli. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

duk (canvas, canvas (to paint on), flag, screen, tablecloth, table-cloth), tyg (agent, fabric, material, means, ordnance, stuff, textile, tool, wowen), trasa (clout, rag, scrap, shred, tatter). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ผ้าฝ้าย (cotton, cotton cloth, nankeen). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

bez (article of clothing, fabric, garment, gland, linen, materials, swab). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

mata (fabric). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

сукно, убрання (apparel, array, attire, caparison, clothes, costume, decoration, dress, feather, raiment, trim, turn out, vesture), скатертина (carpet), скатерка (table cloth), тканина (fabric, textile, tissue, web, webbing, weft, woof), полотно (bed, canvas). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

vải sợi thuỷ tinh (glass cloth), vải len láng (satin cloth). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

cadach (clout, kerchief, rag), lliain (linen, towel), brethyn. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Cloth

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

tug. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

banni, bannus, mappa, panni, pannis, pannos, tela, texta, textilis. (various references)

Middle French1400-1600

escouillon, toile. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Cloth

LanguageDateSourceJohn Chapter 11, Verse 44
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai exhlqen o teqnhkwV dedemenoV touV podaV kai taV ceiraV keiriaiV kai h oyiV autou soudariw periededeto legei autoiV o ihsouV lusate auton kai afete upagein
Latin405VulgateEt statim prodiit qui fuerat mortuus ligatus pedes et manus institis et facies illius sudario erat ligata dicit Iesus eis solvite eum et sinite abire
Old English990West Saxon& sone stop forð se ðe dead wæs. ge-bundanhandan & fotan. & hys neb wæs midswatline ge-bundan. Ða cwæð se hælend toheom; un-bindeð hyne & læteð hine gan.
Middle English1395WyclifAnd anoon he that was deed, cam out, boundun the hondis and feet with boondis, and his face boundun with a sudarie. And Jhesus seith to hem, Vnbynde ye hym, and suffre ye hym to go forth.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd he that was deed came forth bounde hand and fote with grave bondes and his face was bounde with a napkin. Iesus sayde vnto the: loowse him and let him goo.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith to them, Loose him, and let him go.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd he who was dead came out, with linen bands folded tightly about his hands and feet, and a cloth about his face. Jesus said to them, Make him free and let him go.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Cloth

LanguageJohn Chapter 11, Verse 44
CebuanoUg ang namatay migula, ang iyang mga kamot ug mga tiil binugkosan ug mga bendahi, ug ang iyang nawong naputos ug panyo. Si Jesus miingon kanila, "Badbari ninyo siya, ug palakta siya."
CroatianI mrtvac iziðe, noge mu i ruke bile povezane povojima, a lice omotano ruènikom. Nato Isus reèe: "Odriješite ga i pustite neka ide!"
DanishOg den døde kom ud, bunden med Jordeklæder om Fødder og Hænder, og et Tørklæde var bundet om hans Ansigt, Jesus siger til dem: "Løser ham, og lader ham gå!"
DutchEn de gestorvene kwam uit, gebonden aan handen en voeten met grafdoeken, en zijn aangezicht was omwonden met een zweetdoek. Jezus zeide tot hen: Ontbindt hem, en laat hem heengaan.
FinnishJa kuollut tuli ulos, jalat ja kädet siteisiin käärittyinä, ja hänen kasvojensa ympärille oli kääritty hikiliina. Jeesus sanoi heille: "Päästäkää hänet ja antakaa hänen mennä".
FrenchEt le mort sortit, les pieds et les mains liés de bandes, et le visage enveloppé d`un linge. Jésus leur dit: Déliez-le, et laissez-le aller.
GermanUnd der Verstorbene kam heraus, gebunden mit Grabtüchern an Füßen und Händen und sein Angesicht verhüllt mit dem Schweißtuch. Jesus spricht zu ihnen: Löset ihn auf und lasset ihn gehen!
HungarianÉs kijöve a megholt, lábain és kezein kötelékekkel megkötözve, és az orczája kendõvel vala leborítva. Monda nékik Jézus: Oldozzátok meg õt, és hagyjátok menni.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariMaka keluarlah orang yang sudah mati itu. Tangan dan kakinya masih terbungkus kain kafan, dan mukanya tertutup dengan kain penutup muka. "Lepaskan kain kafannya supaya ia bebas berjalan," kata Yesus kepada orang-orang di situ.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaLalu keluarlah orang yang sudah mati itu, terikat kaki tangannya dengan kain kapan, dan mukanya pun berbalut dengan sapu tangan. Maka kata Yesus kepada mereka itu, "Lepaskan, biar dia pergi."
MaoriNa ko te putanga mai o te tupapaku, he mea here nga ringa me nga waewae ki nga takai: he mea takai tona mata ki te tauera. Ka mea a Ihu ki a ratou, Wetekia, tukua kia haere.
NorwegianDa kom den døde ut, bundet med liksvøp på føtter og hender, og om hans ansikt var bundet en svededuk. Jesus sier til dem: Løs ham og la ham gå!
PortugueseSaiu o que estivera morto, ligados os pés e as mãos com faixas, e o seu rosto envolto num lenço. Disse-lhes Jesus: Desligai-o e deixai-o ir.   
RumanianWi mortul a iewit cu mknile wi picioarele legate cu fqwii de pknzq, wi cu faya knfqwuratq cu un wtergar. Isus le -a zis: ,,Deslegayi -l, wi lqsayi -l sq meargq.``
ShuarNujainkia penuarmartiuk jiinkimiayi. Yapinmasha jaanchjiai ijiamuyayi. Tura Jesus "Atirtarum. Wéti" Tímiayi.
SwahiliHuyo aliyekuwa amekufa akatoka nje, huku amefungwa sanda miguu na mikono, na uso wake umefunikwa. Yesu akawaambia, "Mfungueni, mkamwache aende zake."
SwedishOch han som hade varit död kom ut, med händer och fötter inlindade i bindlar och med ansiktet inhöljt i en duk. Jesus sade till dem: "Lösen honom, och låten honom gå."
UmaMehupa' -imi tauna to mate toei ngkai rala daeo' -na. Pale-na pai' witi' -na teputu' -pidi hante hompu' -na, pai' woo' -na tehoo' hante lenco. Na'uli' Yesus mpo'uli' -raka: "Bongka pomputu' -na bona lompe' pomako' -na."

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Cloth

Derivations

Words beginning with "cloth": clothbound, clothe, clothed, clothes, clotheshorse, clotheshorses, clothesline, clotheslined, clotheslines, clotheslining, clothespin, clothespins, clothespress, clothespresses, clothier, clothiers, clothing, clothings, cloths. (additional references)

Words ending with "cloth": backcloth, breechcloth, broadcloth, cerecloth, cheesecloth, dishcloth, dropcloth, facecloth, floorcloth, footcloth, haircloth, loincloth, oilcloth, sackcloth, saddlecloth, sailcloth, tablecloth, washcloth. (additional references)

Words containing "cloth": backcloths, beclothe, beclothed, beclothes, beclothing, bedclothes, breechcloths, broadcloths, cerecloths, cheesecloths, cyclothymia, cyclothymias, cyclothymic, dishcloths, dropcloths, facecloths, floorcloths, footcloths, haircloths, loincloths, nightclothes, oilcloths, plainclothes, plainclothesman, plainclothesmen, reclothe, reclothed, reclothes, reclothing, sackcloths, saddlecloths, sailcloths, smallclothes, tablecloths, unclothe, unclothed, unclothes, unclothing, underclothes, underclothing, underclothings, washcloths. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Cloth" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: callith, Calot, chlot, clath, clethra, Cliath, cloath, Cloch, clooch, cloph, clotch, cloty, Clouth, cluth, Clutha, Clyth, Clytha, coltd, Colthorp, colty, coolth, cooth, coth, Cothi, croth, Crowth, Kleth. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Cloth"

Words ending with "oth": Broth, Goth, Scoth, Thoth, troth, Wroth. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Cloth

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-h-l-o-t"

-1 letter: clot, colt, holt, loch, loth.

-2 letters: col, cot, hot, lot, tho.

-3 letters: ho, lo, oh, to.

 Words containing the letters "c-h-l-o-t"
 

+1 letter: blotch, chalot, clothe, cloths, coolth.

 

+2 letters: blotchy, challot, chaloth, cholate, cholent, chortle, clothed, clothes, coltish, coolths, potlach, splotch, thiolic, trochal, trochil, zlotych.

 

+3 letters: acrolith, beclothe, blotched, blotches, botchily, cachalot, calathos, calthrop, catechol, cathodal, catholic, challoth, chelator, chlorate, chlorite, cholates, cholents, chortled, chortler, chortles, clothier, clothing, eolithic, eschalot, halachot, helicopt, holistic, hoplitic, oilcloth, oothecal, potlache, potlatch, reclothe, selcouth, splotchy, thoracal, touchily, trochili, trochils, trochlea, unclothe.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Spoken
14. Usage Frequency
15. Names: Company Usage
16. Expressions
17. Expressions: Internet
18. Translations: Modern
19. Translations: Ancient
20. Bible Trace
21. Derivations
22. Rhymes
23. Anagrams
24. Bibliography


  

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