rayon
/ˈreɪɒn
/noun [mass noun]
A textile fibre or fabric made from regenerated cellulose (viscose): clothing made of rayon [as modifier]: a rayon skirt...
- The chemical is used in the production of textiles such as rayon and viscose.
- Cotton and rayon are cellulosic fibre and may be cleaned using all cleaning methods.
- The most important of these were developments from combinations of cellulose which made possible a wide range of new products including parkesine (the first commercial plastic), photographic film, and viscose rayon.
Origin
1920s: an arbitrary formation.
Rhymes
- wholefood
- whole-footed
- wholefully
- whole-genome
- wholegrain
- whole-grain mustard
- wholehearted
- wholeheartedly
- wholeheartedness
- whole hog
- whole-hogger
- whole-hoggery
- whole-hogging
- whole-hoggism
- whole holiday
- whole-hoofed
- whole-hooved
- whole language
- whole-leaved
- whole-life
- whole life insurance
- wholemeal
- whole-minded
- whole-mindedness
- whole molding