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Appellative
noun · 78% connection
A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: commercial, name, textile, fabrics, cottons.
Broadcloth
noun · 78% connection
A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men's garments, usually of double width (i.e., a yard and a half); -- so called in distinction fr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: commercial, name, textile, fabrics, cottons.
Cerise
adjective · 78% connection
Cherry-colored; a light bright red; -- applied to textile fabrics, especially silk.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: commercial, name, textile, fabrics, cottons.
Cloth
noun · 78% connection
A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adap…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: commercial, name, textile, fabrics, cottons.
Commercial
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relati…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: commercial, name, textile, fabrics, cottons.
Crimper
noun · 78% connection
A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: commercial, name, textile, fabrics, cottons.
Dermestes
noun · 78% connection
A genus of coleopterous insects, the larvae of which feed animal substances. They are very destructive to dries meats, skins, woolens,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: commercial, name, textile, fabrics, cottons.
Diaper
noun · 78% connection
Any textile fabric (esp. linen or cotton toweling) woven in diaper pattern. See 2.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: commercial, name, textile, fabrics, cottons.
Dress goods
unknown · 78% connection
A term applied to fabrics for the gowns of women and girls; -- most commonly to fabrics of mixed materials, but also applicable to sil…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: commercial, name, textile, fabrics, cottons.
Dressing
noun · 78% connection
Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: commercial, name, textile, fabrics, cottons.
Embroidery
noun · 78% connection
Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: commercial, name, textile, fabrics, cottons.
Fabric
noun · 78% connection
Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit from fibers, either vegetable or animal; manufactured cloth; as, silks or other fabrics.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: commercial, name, textile, fabrics, cottons.
Fabricate
verb · 78% connection
To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as, to fabricate woolens.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: commercial, name, textile, fabrics, cottons.
Fund
noun · 78% connection
A stock or capital; a sum of money appropriated as the foundation of some commercial or other operation undertaken with a view to prof…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: commercial, name, textile, fabrics, cottons.
Guard
noun · 78% connection
To protect the edge of, esp. with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: commercial, name, textile, fabrics, cottons.
Haberdasher
noun · 78% connection
A dealer in drapery goods of various descriptions, as laces, silks, trimmings, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: commercial, name, textile, fabrics, cottons.
Holland
noun · 78% connection
A kind of linen first manufactured in Holland; a linen fabric used for window shades, children's garments, etc.; as, brown or unbleach…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: commercial, name, textile, fabrics, cottons.
Lace
verb · 78% connection
To fasten with a lace; to draw together with a lace passed through eyelet holes; to unite with a lace or laces, or, figuratively. with…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: commercial, name, textile, fabrics, cottons.
