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pongee
pon·gee P0437400 (pŏn-jē′, pŏn′jē)n. A light, plain-woven fabric, usually of tussah or raw silk.
[Of Chinese origin, perhaps from an earlier Chinese (Mandarin) *běn zhī, homemade fabric : běn, root, base, foundation, original, one's own (from Early Middle Chinese pen') + zhī, to weave, spin (from Middle Chinese tʂiăk, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tək; akin to Tibetan ′thag).]pongee (pɒnˈdʒiː; ˈpɒndʒiː) n1. (Textiles) a thin plain-weave silk fabric from China or India, left in its natural colour2. (Textiles) a cotton or rayon fabric similar to or in imitation of this, but not necessarily in the natural colour[C18: from Mandarin Chinese (Peking) pen-chī woven at home, on one's own loom, from pen own + chi loom]pon•gee (pɒnˈdʒi, ˈpɒn dʒi)
n. silk of a slightly uneven weave made from filaments of wild silk woven in natural tan color. [1705–15; < Chinese běnjī homewoven, literally, one's own loom] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | pongee - a soft thin cloth woven from raw silk (or an imitation)cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" |
pongee
pongee[pän′jē] (textiles) A rough-textured, plain-woven fabric of raw silk with irregular filling yarns and generally an ecru color. pongee
Words related to pongeenoun a soft thin cloth woven from raw silk (or an imitation)Related Words- cloth
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- textile
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