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Definition: Muslin |
MuslinNoun1. Plain-woven cotton fabric. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "muslin" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1700. (references) |
Etymology: Muslin \Mus"lin\, noun. [French expression mousseline; compare to Italian expression mussolino, mussolo, Spanish muselina; all from Mussoul city of Mesopotamia, Ar. Mausil, Syr. Mauzol, Muzol, Mosul, where it was first manufactured. Compare to Mull kind of cloth.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Industry | Diaphanous fabric. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Muslin So called from Mosul, in Asia, where it was first manufactured. (French, mousseline; Italian, mussolino.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Muslin is a type of fine cotton fabric, introduced to Europe from the Middle East in the 17th century. It is named for the city of Mosul, in modern Iraq.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Muslin."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Crossing | Cloth, linen, muslin, cambric; |
Texture | Silk, satin; muslin, burlap. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Muslin |
| English words defined with "muslin": Beteela, Book muslin, Buke muslin ♦ Clearstarch, Cossas, Crossbarred ♦ Daniell's hygrometer ♦ Hamburg edging ♦ Jaconet ♦ Maharmah, Mousseline, Mulmul, Mutch ♦ nainsook ♦ organdie, organdy ♦ Paper muslin ♦ Quilling ♦ Saccharilla, Seerhand ♦ Tarlatan, Tillet ♦ wet-bulb thermometer. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "muslin": ASSISTANT DESIGNER ♦ bookmaker, map ♦ Cravat' ♦ finisher, map and chart ♦ MAP-AND-CHART MOUNTER ♦ SHROUDER, silk-top-hat-body maker, STAMP-PAD MAKER, STEENKIRK ♦ TOP-HAT-BODY MAKER ♦ UPHOLSTERER, INSIDE ♦ wet bulb. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "muslin": Delaine. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Muslin" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (Mull, muslin), Serbo-Croatian (muslin), Swedish (muslin), Turkish (muslin). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Maids and Muslin (1920) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Advantages of wearing muslin dresses! / Js. Gillray,inv: & ft. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Wrapping meat after curing (in paper) before placing in muslin bag for sanitary storage. Calvert County, Maryland. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Mrs. Frank Rogers storing dried beans in muslin bags. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Sudan | But a 1983 decree by President Nimeiri that declared his intention to transform Sudan into a Muslin Arab state, and divided the south into three regions and instituted Shari'a law, revived southern opposition and militant insurgency. (references) |
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| "Muslin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.25% of the time. "Muslin" is used about 134 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) | 99.25% | 133 | 27,614 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.75% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 134 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "muslin": book muslin ♦ Buke muslin ♦ cambric muslin ♦ Foundation muslin ♦ muslin cambric ♦ muslin delaine ♦ paper muslin ♦ swiss muslin. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "muslin": muslin-covered, muslin-curtained, muslin-draped, muslin-lined, muslin-thin, muslin-trimmed, muslin-white. | |
Ending with "muslin": butter-muslin, jelly-muslin, pink-muslin. | |
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| 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 |
muslin | 66 | doll muslin | 3 |
muslin background | 27 | muslin religion | 3 |
muslin bag | 26 | scenic muslin background | 3 |
muslin back drop | 20 | bag drawstring muslin | 3 |
muslin fabric | 19 | cloth muslin | 3 |
doll muslin pattern | 6 | background muslin stands | 3 |
bag muslin wholesale | 6 | craft muslin pattern | 2 |
photographic muslin background | 6 | fabric muslin wholesale | 2 |
muslin unbleached | 5 | cotton muslin | 2 |
curtain muslin | 4 | muslin painting | 2 |
muslin sheet | 4 | background muslin paint | 2 |
muslin wholesale | 4 | muslin photography scenic | 2 |
muslin sect | 2 | ||
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| Language | Translations for "muslin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | muslin (Mull), burynxhuk. (various references) | |
Arabic | نسيج قطني, الموصلين نسيج. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | опал (opal), муселин (voile), момиче (bint, gal, girl, lass, number, piece, pigeon, wench), жена (female, frail, gin, heifer, hen, lady, lay, petticoat, piece, placket, rib, skirt, woman), платна. (various references) | |
Chinese | 紗 (cotton yarn), 平纹细布. (various references) | |
Czech | mušelín. (various references) | |
Danish | musselin, mousselin. (various references) | |
Dutch | mousseline (crêpe poil), neteldoek. (various references) | |
Esperanto | muslino. (various references) | |
Farsi | چیت موصلی . (various references) | |
Finnish | musliini. (various references) | |
French | mousseline. (various references) | |
German | Musselin. (various references) | |
Greek | μουσσελίνα, μουσελίνα (delaine, scrim). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מלמל" (gauze, macrame, tatting), מוסלין, סלסל" (crepe, lace). (various references) | |
Hungarian | muszlin (cheese-cloth, Mull), csalánszövet (nettle cloth, nettle-cloth). (various references) | |
Italian | mussolina (mousseline). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | メリヤス編み (e-mail address, mousseline de laine, plain knitting, stockinet). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | メリンス (mousseline de laine). (various references) | |
Korean | 모슬린. (various references) | |
Manx | musleen. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | uslinmay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | musselina (mull). (various references) | |
Romanian | muselinã (dimity). (various references) | |
Russian | муслин муслиновый, муслин, миткаль. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | muslin. (various references) | |
Spanish | muselina (crêpe poil). (various references) | |
Swedish | muslin. (various references) | |
Turkish | muslin. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | мусульманка (mahometan, moslem), мусульманин (islamite, mahometan, moslem, mussulman, turk). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | có con gái. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | sindone, sindonem, sindones. (various references) |
| Turkish | 1200-Modern | tlbent. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "muslin": muslins. (additional references) | |
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"Muslin" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: hulsean, Maeslaan, Maestlin, malsain, Maslen, mesclun, Meslin, misling, Mistlin, molsen, Moshin, Mostin, Moswin, mouflon, Mouslah, Moylinn, Mozkin, Mpushini, mueslis, mulen, mulin, mulino, mulsim, Munslow, Musalia, Muscina, museli, musil, musin, Muslab, musle, musli, muslinm, mustine, mutskin, Sumlin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "muslin" (pronounced mu"zlun) |
| 3 | -l u n | fallen, felon, adrenaline, Alan, Ballon, befallen, Billon, bouillon, Callan, Chamberlain, chaplain, colon, crestfallen, discipline, elan, gallon, globulin, gremlin, insulin, javelin, kaolin, Kremlin, lanolin, Magdalen, Marlin, masculine, melon, Mullen, muskmelon, pelon, penicillin, pentathlon, phenolphthalein, pollen, porcelain, solan, Solon, stolen, stollen, sullen, swollen, talon, Tolan, triathlon, vanillin, villain, watermelon, woolen, woollen, Zeppelin. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: linums. | |
| Words within the letters "i-l-m-n-s-u" | |
-1 letter: limns, linum, minus, munis. | |
-2 letters: limn, lins, lums, mils, muni, muns, nils, nims, slim, slum. | |
-3 letters: ins, ism, lin, lis, lum, mil, mis, mun, mus, nil, nim, nus, sim, sin, sum, sun, uns. | |
-4 letters: in, is, li, mi, mu, nu, si, um, un, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-l-m-n-s-u" | |
+1 letter: alumins, moulins, muslins. | |
+2 letters: albumins, aluminas, alumines, drumlins, emulsion, fulmines, laminous, legumins, luminism, luminist, luminous, millruns, mulleins, mullions, muscling, musingly, selenium, simulant, slumming, slumping, splenium. | |
+3 letters: aluminous, aluminums, amusingly, bumblings, calumnies, columnist, demilunes, dumplings, emulsions, glucinums, guildsman, guildsmen, illiniums, illumines, impulsing, impulsion, inoculums, lemniscus, limousine, linoleums, luminesce, luminisms, luminists, lumpiness, masculine, miniscule, minuscule, misruling, mouldings, mulligans, nobeliums, olibanums, ominously, platinums, plumbings, poloniums, relumines, rumblings, scumbling, seleniums, semilunar, sensillum, shlumping, simulants, smuggling, stimulant, stumbling, subliming, sulfonium, tumblings, tumplines, unlimbers, unmingles, unmusical, unsmiling, vinculums, vulcanism. | |
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