textile
noun
tex·tile ˈtek-ˌstī(-ə)l 
ˈteks-tᵊl
1
: cloth sense 1a
especially : a woven or knit cloth
2
: a fiber, filament, or yarn used in making cloth
Synonyms
- cloth
- fabric
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Example Sentences
They import fine silk textiles from China. brought back a whole suitcase of beautiful textiles from India
Recent Examples on the Web Writer, artist and textile designer Francesca Capone embraces textiles as a medium intellectually and as something to be thoroughly explored. 
Briana Miller | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2022 There, Williams will set up an entire studio, textile recycling program, and atelier, so that women previously in the prison system can have gainful employment. Steff Yotka, Vogue, 10 May 2021 Designer Denise Foley draped a tactile orange textile over a complementary headboard in this bohemian bedroom to create an alluring effect. Alicia Mies, Good Housekeeping, 1 Sep. 2022 On the evening of Feuerstein’s 70th birthday in 1995, his family-run textile Massachusetts factory, Malden Mills, burst into flames. Alexandra Orbuch, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2022 Marta Palau, a Mexican sculptor whose work engaged feminist issues and textile traditions, has died at 88. Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2022 The textile worker and single mom inspires her fellow workers to overcome their racial animus and work together to vote in a union. Peter Dreier, The Conversation, 22 Aug. 2022 With her textile-executive husband, Ken Mori, as her business manager, Ms. Mori developed lines of evening gowns, daywear, business attire, and men’s and children’s clothing, as well as collections of shoes, handbags, gloves and scarves. New York Times, 18 Aug. 2022 The Kvadrat/Simons Shaker Collection has been created in 4 colors with the key design concept being the exemplification of a sense a of singularity and uniformity–the system is one system, on color, and one textile. Rebecca Suhrawardi, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 See More
Briana Miller | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2022 There, Williams will set up an entire studio, textile recycling program, and atelier, so that women previously in the prison system can have gainful employment. Steff Yotka, Vogue, 10 May 2021 Designer Denise Foley draped a tactile orange textile over a complementary headboard in this bohemian bedroom to create an alluring effect. Alicia Mies, Good Housekeeping, 1 Sep. 2022 On the evening of Feuerstein’s 70th birthday in 1995, his family-run textile Massachusetts factory, Malden Mills, burst into flames. Alexandra Orbuch, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2022 Marta Palau, a Mexican sculptor whose work engaged feminist issues and textile traditions, has died at 88. Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2022 The textile worker and single mom inspires her fellow workers to overcome their racial animus and work together to vote in a union. Peter Dreier, The Conversation, 22 Aug. 2022 With her textile-executive husband, Ken Mori, as her business manager, Ms. Mori developed lines of evening gowns, daywear, business attire, and men’s and children’s clothing, as well as collections of shoes, handbags, gloves and scarves. New York Times, 18 Aug. 2022 The Kvadrat/Simons Shaker Collection has been created in 4 colors with the key design concept being the exemplification of a sense a of singularity and uniformity–the system is one system, on color, and one textile. Rebecca Suhrawardi, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Latin, from neuter of textilis woven, from texere
First Known Use
1626, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
textile
noun
tex·tile ˈtek-ˌstīl
ˈtek-stəl
: cloth sense 1
textile
noun
as in cloth
a woven or knitted material (as of cotton or nylon) brought back a whole suitcase of beautiful textiles from India Synonyms & Similar Words
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