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Definition: Cloth |
ClothNoun1. 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) |
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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. |
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(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."
Synonyms: ClothSynonyms: fabric (n), material (n), textile (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms 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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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) | |
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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. |
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| "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." |
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Thomas Carlyle | Society is founded upon cloth. |
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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) |
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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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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. |
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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. |
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| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.9% | 1,938 | 4,425 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.1% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,940 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| Japan | Kyowa Leather Cloth Co., Ltd. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
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. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency 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. | |||
| 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), 布 (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 , 布地 (fabric), 切れ (chop, counter for such, cut, piece, scrap, slice, strip), 巾 (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. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | tug. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | banni, bannus, mappa, panni, pannis, pannos, tela, texta, textilis. (various references) |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | escouillon, toile. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | John Chapter 11, Verse 44 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai 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 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et 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 English | 990 | West 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 English | 1395 | Wyclif | And 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 English | 1526 | Tyndale | And 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 English | 1611 | King James | And 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 English | 1833 | Webster | And 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 English | 1964 | Ogden | And 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. | |||
| Language | John Chapter 11, Verse 44 |
| Cebuano | Ug 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." |
| Croatian | I mrtvac iziðe, noge mu i ruke bile povezane povojima, a lice omotano ruènikom. Nato Isus reèe: "Odriješite ga i pustite neka ide!" |
| Danish | Og 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!" |
| Dutch | En 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. |
| Finnish | Ja kuollut tuli ulos, jalat ja kädet siteisiin käärittyinä, ja hänen kasvojensa ympärille oli kääritty hikiliina. Jeesus sanoi heille: "Päästäkää hänet ja antakaa hänen mennä". |
| French | Et 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. |
| German | Und 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! |
| Hungarian | És 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-hari | Maka 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 Lama | Lalu 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." |
| Maori | Na 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. |
| Norwegian | Da 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! |
| Portuguese | Saiu 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. |
| Rumanian | Wi 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.`` |
| Shuar | Nujainkia penuarmartiuk jiinkimiayi. Yapinmasha jaanchjiai ijiamuyayi. Tura Jesus "Atirtarum. Wéti" Tímiayi. |
| Swahili | Huyo aliyekuwa amekufa akatoka nje, huku amefungwa sanda miguu na mikono, na uso wake umefunikwa. Yesu akawaambia, "Mfungueni, mkamwache aende zake." |
| Swedish | Och 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." |
| Uma | Mehupa' -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. | |
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) | |
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"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). | |
| Words ending with "oth": Broth, Goth, Scoth, Thoth, troth, Wroth. (additional references) |
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. | |
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